princedom

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a territory or state ruled by a prince

   The mountain princedom controlled the main pass through the region.

2. 2
   noun

   the rank, authority, or rule of a prince

   He inherited the princedom after his elder brother's death.

Formed in English from prince + -dom. The suffix -dom can denote both a state or rank and the territory governed by someone, which accounts for princedom's two historical senses: the condition of being a prince and a prince's domain.

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