princedom
Monarch's small domain
Princedom is the territory ruled by a prince, or the position and authority of a prince.
The word applies both to the realm itself and to the rank: He inherited the princedom upon his father's death.
Like kingdom and dukedom, it names both domain and status.
Governing principle or standard
- reignSovereign's time in power
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- dominionAuthority to rule
- powerEnergy transfer rate
autonomy · independence · supremacy · hegemony · regency · ascendancy · command · control
Successive family rulers
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- heirOne who receives legacy
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
coronation · birthright · primogeniture · inheritance · bloodline · royal line · accession · abdication
Highest-ranking nobleman
viscount · countess · aristocrat · noble · lord · lady · peerage · blueblood
rule
Governing principle or standard
power · autonomy · independence · supremacy · hegemony · regency · ascendancy · command · control · self-rule
dynasty
Successive family rulers
crown · coronation · birthright · primogeniture · inheritance · bloodline · royal line · accession · abdication · regent
duke
Highest-ranking nobleman
marquis · viscount · countess · aristocrat · noble · lord · lady · peerage · blueblood · highborn
feudalism
Land-for-service social structure
- vassalageSubordination to a lord
- chivalryKnightly code of honor
- knighthoodHonorary title of nobility
fiefdom · heraldry · castle · court · keep · liege · fealty · homage · investiture · coronet
realm
Governed territory or sphere
kingdom · dominion · province · land · enclave · county · district · region · borderland · demesne
- royaltyking, queen, kings, queens, princes
- hereditary rulebirthright, bloodline, hereditary rule, kingship, primogeniture
princedomempire
Domain under unified control
kingdom · emperorship · great power · superpower · sovereignty
princedomsubjection
State of being controlled
serfdom · vassalage · servitude · peasantry · landlessness
princedomrepublic
State with elected leaders
democracy · commonwealth · constitutional democracy · dictatorship · theocracy
prince, principal, princess, princely, principality, dom, principalities, principalship