princely
Example Sentences
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In northern India's Uttar Pradesh state, a team of workers is carefully restoring a centuries-old royal kitchen that once fed the rulers of the former princely state of Awadh.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
What quickly became nonnegotiable was the fact that no princely state could go rogue and assert its own independence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
Once part of the erstwhile princely state of Mysore, it was known as "garden city" or a "pensioner's paradise".
From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025
His princely ambitions are hardly new revelations; the signs are everywhere.
From Salon • Oct. 7, 2025
He had told everyone that his father was the igwe of his hometown, and had sent him to Lagos to live with an uncle until he turned twenty-one, to avoid the pressures of princely life.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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