principate

Noun

countable historical uncountable

(historical) 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.

Japanese Meaning

ローマ帝国初期の統治体制、もしくはその時期において特定の皇帝が統治していた期間を指す。共和政ローマの特徴が一部保持されていた時代を意味する。

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During the principate, emperors carefully preserved republican institutions to legitimize their authority.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

ローマ帝国の初期で、共和政の特徴が一部残っていた時期には、皇帝たちは自らの権威を正当化するために共和的な制度を慎重に維持した。

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(historical) 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.

1967, Richard Alexander Bauman, The Crimen Maiestatis in the Roman Republic and Augustan Principate, Witwatersrand University Press.

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From all this we may draw the conclusion that papal principate was instituted for the utility and advantage of its subjects and not for the honour and glory or the utility and temporal advantage of the holder of the principate, in such a way as that such principate deserves to be be called 'of service' and not of 'lordship'.

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A state ruled by a prince; a principality.

principates

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