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What does principality mean?

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Noun
  1. (obsolete) The state of being a prince or ruler; sovereignty, absolute authority. [14th-19th c.]
  2. (now rare) The state of being principal; pre-eminence. [from 14th c.]
  3. A region or sovereign nation headed by a prince or princess. [from 14th c.]
  4. (theology) A spiritual being, specifically in Christian angelology, the fifth level of angels, ranked above powers and below dominions. [from 16th c.]
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A special survey of Welsh voters shows next week's devolution referendum in the principality is too close to call.
He had moved there from California in 1984 and life in the sunny principality suited him down to the ground.
Whatever the state of his personal life, the Prince works hard for his country and appears quite capable of running the principality.
The king's tower in the castle, seat of government in the principality, was decorated with imperial eagles.
Cologne became a principality in 925, when Otto I invested its Archbishop, his brother Bruno, with the authority of count.
Not only that, but the power is above all other principality, power, dominion, or might.

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