Edward Everett Hale

Thrones, dominations, principalities know now with a terrible certainty that mere force of arms has no power which compares with that living word of the crucified Nazarene, that bears with it Eternal Life, and directs the duty of a world of men whom he can lead, but who bend no knee to power.

American Clergyman

Ignatius of Antioch

I have many deep thoughts in God, but I take my own measure, lest I perish by boasting... For I myself, though I am in chains and can comprehend heavenly things, the ranks of the angels and the hierarchy of principalities, things visible and invisible, for all this I am not yet a disciple.

Roman Clergyman

Aditi Rao Hydari

My mother is a Chitrapur Saraswat from Mangalore and half-Telugu, and my father is a Bohri Muslim. My mother's father, J Rameshwar Rao, was the Raja of Wanaparthy, a principality of Hyderabad. He was influenced by the socialist movement and became the first Raja to give up his title.

Indian Actress

Ted Dekker

If you could find a way to peel back the skin of this world so to speak, would you really see this supernatural reality that is greater? Is it true that we fight not against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers? Every young person wants to know.

Indonesian Author

Even the heavenly powers and the angels in their splendor and the principalities, both visible and invisible, must either believe in the Blood of Christ, or else face damnation.

Brunello Cucinelli

I like the idea of an enlightened principality. In the early eighteen-hundreds, in Germany, there were princes who built schools, streets, homes. I like that.

Italian Designer

Sabine Baring-Gould

According to Celtic law, all sons equally divided the inheritance and principalities of their father.

English Clergyman

Paul Thomas Anderson

I'll rebel against powers and principalities, all the time. Always, I will.

American Director

Thomas Babington Macaulay

An acre in Middlesex is better than a principality in Utopia.

British Poet

A principality is smaller than a kingdom and usually has its own ruling prince.

Small Independent State

Principalities were more common in the past, often formed during the Middle Ages.

Historical Context

Today, a principality may also refer to a region with its own prince but not full independence.

Current Use

 or principality, in what is now Turkey. In just a few generations, this beylik outmaneuvered more powerful neighbors to become the vast Ottoman empire. What enabled its rapid rise?

Principality