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princeté (c.1136-65)

princeté (c.1136-65)

 
  FEW:  princeps 9,390b Gdf:  princeté 6,409b GdfC: TL: princeté 7,1864 DEAF:  prince (princeté)  DMF:  princeté  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

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1principality, supreme authority, dominion
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  li apostle [...] Evesque e prelat ordené, Ki juger deivent sainte eglise [...] unt d'eglise princeté, E de juger unt poesté  Salemon 10565
statusprincehood, position or status of supreme authority, dominion
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Ne covient pas prince mentir Ki justice deit maintenir [...] La princeté nos senefie Ordenement de proverrie, Kar la parole del proveire U escumengé iert u veire  Salemon 10131
2principality, territory ruled by a prince or princess
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  le roi le (=Llewellyn) lessa en sa princeté desouz certeines leis  TREVET Cron1 337.15

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See also:

prince  princé  princer  princesse  principal  principalement  principalté  principat  principer 
This is an AND2 Phase 4 (N-O/U-P-Q) entry. © 2013-17 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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