Prin`ci*pal"i*ty (?), n.; pl.
Principalities (#). [L. principalitas
preëminence, excellence: cf. F. principalité,
principauté. See Principal.] 1.
Sovereignty; supreme power; hence, superiority; predominance;
high, or the highest, station. Sir P. Sidney.
Your principalities shall come down, even the
crown of your glory.
Jer. xiii. 18.
The prerogative and principality above
everything else.
Jer. Taylor.
2. A prince; one invested with
sovereignty. "Next upstood Nisroch, of principalities the
prime." Milton.
3. The territory or jurisdiction of a prince;
or the country which gives title to a prince; as, the
principality of Wales.