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PRINCEDOM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Territory ruled by a prince
Synonyms:
princedom; principality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("princedom" is a kind of...):
demesne; domain; land (territory over which rule or control is exercised)
Instance hyponyms:
Cambria; Cymru; Wales (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria)
Monaco; Principality of Monaco (a constitutional monarchy in a tiny enclave on the French Riviera)
Muscovy (a Russian principality in the 13th to 16th centuries; Moscow was the capital)
Derivation:
prince (a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign))
Sense 2
Meaning:
The dignity or rank or position of a prince
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("princedom" is a kind of...):
rank (relative status)
Derivation:
prince (a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign))
