princely
Example Sentences
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In northern India's Uttar Pradesh state, a team of workers is carefully restoring a centuries-old royal kitchen that once fed the rulers of the former princely state of Awadh.
From BBC
He will then visit the princely palace, the official residence of the Grimaldi dynasty since the 13th century, for a private meeting with Prince Albert.
From Barron's
Some tried to keep it alive in the Indian princely state of Hyderabad.
Before its complete demise, it was almost brought to the Indian princely state of Hyderabad, where it could have taken root.
What quickly became nonnegotiable was the fact that no princely state could go rogue and assert its own independence.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
