What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

What is the difference between princedom and prince?

princedom | prince | Related terms |

Princedom is a related term of prince.


As nouns the difference between princedom and prince

is that princedom is the jurisdiction, sovereignty, rank, or estate of a prince while prince is .

princedom

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The jurisdiction, sovereignty, rank, or estate of a prince.
  • References

    (Webster 1913)

    prince

    English

    (wikipedia prince)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • *, I.42:
  • *:Truely, to see our Princes all alone, sitting at their meat, beleagred round with so many talkers, whisperers, and gazing beholders, unknowne what they are or whence they come, I have often rather pittied than envied them.
  • *2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin, 2010, p.600:
  • *:By his last years Erasmus realized that princes like Henry VIII and François I had deceived him in their elaborate negotiations for universal peace, but his belief in the potential of princely power for good remained undimmed.
  • *2009 , (Hilary Mantel), Wolf Hall , Fourth Estate, 2010, p.411:
  • *:If Henry does not fully trust him, is it surprising? A prince is alone: in his council chamber, in his bedchamber, and finally in Hell's antechamber, stripped – as Harry Percy said – for Judgment.
  • (obsolete) A female monarch.
  • *Camden
  • *:Queen Elizabeth, a prince admirable above her sex.
  • Someone who is preeminent in their field; a great person.
  • :He is a prince among men.
  • The (male) ruler or head of a principality.
  • *2011 , Angelique Chrisafis, The Guardian , 26 June:
  • *:He is the prince who never grew up – a one-time playboy and son of the Hollywood star Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier of Monaco.
  • A male member of a royal family other than the ruler; especially (in the United Kingdom) the son or grandson of the monarch.
  • A non-royal high title of nobility, especially in France and the Holy Roman Empire.
  • :Prince Louis de Broglie won the 1929 Nobel Prize in Physics.
  • *2011 , Katharine Whitehorn, The Guardian , 16 October:
  • *:Conspiracy theories are always enticing: one I was involved with in the 50s was about Mayerling, the 19th-century Austrian scandal involving a prince ’s lover who died in dodgy circumstances in a hunting lodge.
  • A common name of the mushroom Agaricus augustus .
  • A type of court card used in Tarot cards, the equivalent to the Jack.
  • Usage notes

    * The female equivalent is princess . * A prince is usually addressed as "Your Highness". A son of a king is "His Royal Highness"; a son of an emperor is "His Imperial Highness". A sovereign prince may have a style such as "His Serene Highness".

    Synonyms

    * (mushroom) Agaricus augustus

    Hypernyms

    * ruler

    Coordinate terms

    * duke * emperor * Highness * king * grand duke

    See also

    * (Agaricus augustus) * (Agaricus augustus)

    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words ----