Part 539

Prince"dom (?), n. The jurisdiction, sovereignty, rank, or estate of a prince.

Thrones, princedoms, powers, dominions, I reduce.

Milton.

Prince"hood (?), n. Princeliness. [Obs.] E. Hall.

Prince"kin (?), n. A petty prince; a princeling.

The princekins of private life.

Thackeray.

Prince"less, a. Without a prince. Fuller.

Prince"let (?), n. A petty prince. [R.]

Prince"like` (?), a. Princely. Shak.

Prince"li*ness (?), n. The quality of being princely; the state, manner, or dignity of a prince.

Prince"ling (?), n. A petty prince; a young prince.

Prince"ly, a. 1. Of or relating to a prince; regal; royal; of highest rank or authority; as, princely birth, character, fortune, etc.

2. Suitable for, or becoming to, a prince; grand; august; munificent; magnificent; as, princely virtues; a princely fortune. "Most princely gifts." Shak.

Prince"ly (?), adv. In a princely manner.

My appetite was not princely got.

Shak.

Prin"cess (?), n. [F. princesse. See Prince, and cf. Princesse.] 1. A female prince; a woman having sovereign power, or the rank of a prince. Dryden.

So excellent a princess as the present queen.

Swift.

2. The daughter of a sovereign; a female member of a royal family. Shak.

3. The consort of a prince; as, the princess of Wales.

Princess royal, the eldest daughter of a sovereign.

Prin*cesse" (?), a. [F., a princess.] A term applied to a lady's long, close-fitting dress made with waist and skirt in one.

Prin"cess*like` (?), a. Like a princess.

Prince"wood` (?), n. (Bot.) The wood of two small tropical American trees (Hamelia ventricosa, and Cordia gerascanthoides). It is brownish, veined with lighter color.

Prin"ci*fied (?), a. [Prince + L. -ficare (in comp.).] Imitative of a prince. [R. & Colloq.] Thackeray.

Prin"ci*pal (?), a. [F., from L. principalis. See Prince.] 1. Highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree; most considerable or important; chief; main; as, the principal officers of a Government; the principal men of a state; the principal productions of a country; the principal arguments in a case.