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Webster 1913 Edition
Principate
Prin′ci-pate
,Noun.
[L.
principatus
: cf. F. principat
.] Principality; supreme rule.
[Obs.]
Barrow.
Webster 1828 Edition
Principate
PRIN'CIPATE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
principate
principate
English
Noun
principate
- (in Ancient Rome) The period of the early Roman Empire during which some characteristics of republican government were retained