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PRINCEDOM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does princedom mean? 

PRINCEDOM (noun)
  The noun PRINCEDOM has 2 senses:

1. the dignity or rank or position of a princeplay

2. territory ruled by a princeplay

  Familiarity information: PRINCEDOM used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PRINCEDOM (noun)


Sense 1

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))


Sense 2

Meaning:

Territory ruled by a prince

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

princedom; principality

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))


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