principality

1. 1.

   territory ruled by a prince

   Synonymsprincedom

   Broaderdomain

   NarrowerWalesMonacoMuscovy

Other forms of principality

plural

principalities·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about principality

What does principality mean?

principality means "territory ruled by a prince".

How many syllables are in principality?

principality has 5 syllables: prin-ci-pal-i-ty. The stress falls on "pal". In IPA it is /ˌpɹɪnsɪˈpælɪti/.

What is another word for principality?

Close synonyms include princedom. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is principality a common word?

principality is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.