nation vs principate

nation

noun
  • A sovereign state. 

  • Damnation. 

  • An association of students based on its members' birthplace or ethnicity. 

  • A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture. 

adv
  • Extremely, very. 

principate

noun
  • A state ruled by a prince; a principality. 

  • The office of one who is principal or preeminent (such as a prince); the quality or status of being principal; preeminence. 

  • The early period of the Roman Empire, during which some characteristics of the government of the Roman Republic were retained; the reign of any particular emperor during said period. 

adj
  • Primary; principal. 

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