principality
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"This is the first time in history, to my knowledge, that such an act has taken place in the principality," Mirmand, the head of Monaco's government, said.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Luis Enrique was asked about those comments after arriving in Monaco on Monday, on the eve of the Champions League play-off first leg against the principality side.
From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026
They will go to Monaco for the first leg and will be wary of the principality side who beat them there in Ligue 1 in November.
From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026
Yes, you can enjoy the principality of Monaco, with its casinos, yachts and Grand Prix, without a princely budget.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026
Faerie, after all, is not one land, one principality or dominion.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
"Districts of the capital are not separate principalities where you can walk around in white gloves and neglect your duties," he said, adding that he would not tolerate "sabotage".
From Reuters ● Jun. 2, 2023
Rather than adopting a common currency, legal system, or representative assembly, the Holy Roman Empire remained a patchwork of semiautonomous principalities.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
“There is absolutely nothing you or any of the other powers and principalities can do to stop us.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2022
The war we fight is not against powers and principalities.
From Salon ● Jan. 3, 2022
I say, therefore, that in completely new principalities, where there is a new prince, greater or lesser difficulty in maintaining them exists according to the greater or lesser virtue of the person who acquires them.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
