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# princedom

«princedom» in Mova's school dictionary: **A country or land ruled by a prince; a principality** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a princedom, princedoms)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A country or land ruled by a prince; a principality. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/princedom/#m1)

2) The rank or position of a prince. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/princedom/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A rare, old-fashioned word in history and fairy tales. Real principalities today include Monaco and Liechtenstein; Wales is often called a principality. Stories use «princedom» for small kingdoms ruled by princes.

### examples

- The tiny princedom lay between two great kingdoms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/princedom/#x1)
- Monaco is a small princedom by the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/princedom/#x2)
- He inherited the princedom from his father. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/princedom/#x3)
- In the fairy tale, the princedom was cursed by a witch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/princedom/#x4)
- The princedom had its own coins and flag. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/princedom/#x5)
- Old maps of Europe show many small princedoms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/princedom/#x6)

### note

Countable. The more common word is «principality». Rare and old-fashioned.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «princedom» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/princedom/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.