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Authorities vs Principality - What's the difference?

authorities | principality |

As nouns the difference between authorities and principality

is that authorities is while principality is (obsolete) the state of being a prince or ruler; sovereignty, absolute authority.

authorities

English

Noun

(head)
  • The bodies that have political or administrative power and control in a particular sphere
  • The bodies that enforce law and order or provide a public service

    • principality

    English

    Noun

    (principalities)
  • (obsolete) The state of being a prince or ruler; sovereignty, absolute authority.
  • A region or sovereign nation headed by a prince or princess.
  • * 1990 , (Peter Hopkirk), The Great Game , Folio Society 2010, p. 14:
    • At this time Russia consisted of a dozen or so principalities , which were frequently at war with one another.
  • (theology) A spiritual being, specifically in Christian angelology, the fifth level of angels, ranked above powers and below dominions.

    • See also

    * choirs of angels * dominion * power