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princely::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | prince |
a princely bearing.
princely manner.
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Each princely state could supposedly choose which nation it wanted to adhere to.
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Kolhapur is a princely state and one of the main cities during the Shivaji rule.
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Net, after-tax income as a percentage of total revenue came to a princely 4.1%.
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Long was too full of his princely power to be discreet about his indiscretions.
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Many early oprichniki had close ties to the princely and boyar clans of Russia.
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The latter had him swear before 12 boyars that he was not of princely descent.
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As a result, even titular heads of the former princely states ceased to exist.
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He is shown in princely clothes, beating a hand-drum and holding a skull-bowl.
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Women, save the princely rulers, were ineligible for appointment to the order.
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- Deluxe: rich and superior in quality; "a princely sum"; "gilded dining rooms"
- Having the rank of or befitting a prince; "a princely bearing"; "princely manner"
- Prince, from French "Prince" (itself from the Latin root princeps), is a general term for a monarch, for a member of a monarchs' or former monarch's family, and is a hereditary title in some members of Europe's highest nobility. The feminine equivalent is a princess.
- (Princes (company)) Princes Ltd. is a UK-based food manufacturer originally specialising in canned foods and that produces a range of food and drink products.
- (Princes (novel)) Princes is a novel written by the award-winning Australian novelist, Sonya Hartnett. It was first published in 1997 in Australia by Viking.
- (The Princes) Die Prinzen (The Princes) are a German music group. The band is made up of former members of the Thomanerchor (a choir of the Thomaskirche (St. ...
- (Princes) boyars: Titles of nobility in Russia worked differently than in Western Europe until the reign of Peter the Great, when he patterned them after the German system. Prince is used here to translate the words "kniaz" as well as "tsarevich. ...
