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principal
  1. (finance, uncountable) The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated.
  2. (Canada) The chief administrator of a school.
  3. (Britain, Scotland, Canada) The chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college.
  4. (law) One who directs another (the agent) to act on one′s behalf.
  5. (law) The primary participant in a crime.
  6. A company represented by a salesperson.
  7. (Canada) A partner or owner of a business.
  8. (music) A diapason, a type of organ stop on a pipe organ.
  9. (architecture, engineering) The construction that gives shape and strength to a roof, generally a truss of timber or iron; or, loosely, the most important member of a piece of framing.
  10. The first two long feathers of a hawk's wing.
  11. One of the turrets or pinnacles of waxwork and tapers with which the posts and centre of a funeral hearse were formerly crowned.
  12. (obsolete) An essential point or rule; a principle.
  13. A dancer at the highest rank within a professional dance company, particularly a ballet company.
  14. (computing) A security principal.
  15. Synonyms:
  16. Examples:
    1. “Wilson is the founder and principal of the highly reputed consulting firm.”
      “Each payment should include an allocation of principal and interest amounts.”
      “The college will appoint an acting principal in the meantime.”
principle
  1. A fundamental assumption or guiding belief.
  2. A rule used to choose among solutions to a problem.
  3. (pluralize) Moral rule or aspect.
  4. (physics) A rule or law of nature, or the basic idea on how the laws of nature are applied.
  5. A fundamental essence, particularly one producing a given quality.
  6. (obsolete) A beginning.
  7. A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance; ultimate element, or cause.
  8. An original faculty or endowment.
  9. Synonyms:
  10. Examples:
    1. “The first principle of justice is concerned with how well a political order secures the basic rights and liberties of its members.”
      “The company says it will stick to its principle of hiring based on merit.”
      “As a man of principle, I cannot in good conscience acquiesce to your depraved request.”
principality
  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.]
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “A special survey of Welsh voters shows next week's devolution referendum in the principality is too close to call.”
      “The tiny principality of Liechtenstein has managed to transform itself from a poor farming country into a wealthy tax haven.”
      “Her fearsome grandmother decamps from her principality to supervise her heir's intensive training and beautification.”
principlism
principledness
  1. The state or condition of being principled.
principalship
  1. The condition, rank or office of a principal
  2. Examples:
    1. “Not wanting to lose touch with his students, Paddy remained teaching during his 31-year principalship.”
      “Less than one in 20 of teachers surveyed by a principal's group said they ever intended to apply for a principalship.”
      “It is his third interim principalship in three years, and his learning curve remains steep.”
principalism
  1. Alternative form of principlism
principlist
  1. A supporter of principlism.
principalness
  1. The quality of being principal.
principall
  1. Obsolete form of principal.
principalships
  1. plural of principalship
principalities
  1. plural of principality
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “You will recall that our life struggle is not with one another, but with the demons, the principalities and the powers.”
      “The people were governed by hereditary princes called Sao-Phas who ruled in as many as forty different principalities.”
      “Prior to this, the peninsula consisted of often mutually antagonistic kingdoms, duchies, city-states, and principalities.”
principlists
  1. plural of principlist
principalls
  1. plural of principall
principles
  1. plural of principle
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The principles of justice are concerned with how well a political order secures the basic rights and liberties of its members.”
      “The company says it will stick to its marketing principles that have consistently yielded outstanding results.”
      “I will not go against my principles and do business with this shady individual.”
principals
  1. plural of principal
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Chudleigh added that principals were working longer hours under tremendous pressure.”
      “The two principals whipped up tremendous whoops and roars from a besotted audience, and in many respects the adulation was well deserved.”
      “For example, agents must not use their position to acquire benefits for themselves at the expense of their principals.”
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