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principal adjective

  /ˈpɹɪnsəpəl/ , /ˈpɹɪnsɪpəl/
  • Primary; most important; first level in importance.
 Haupt-, hauptsächlich, wesentlich

principal noun

  /ˈpɹɪnsəpəl/ , /ˈpɹɪnsɪpəl/
  • (North America, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines) The chief administrator of a school.
  • (architecture, engineering) The construction that gives shape and strength to a roof, generally a truss of timber or iron; or, loosely, the most important member of a piece of framing.
 Rektor, Schuldirektor, Schulvorsteher, Rektorin, Schulleiter, Schulleiterin
  • (law) A legal person that authorizes another (the agent) to act on their behalf; or on whose behalf an agent or gestor in a negotiorum gestio acts.
 Geschäftsherr, Prinzipal, Vollmachtgeber
  • (law) The primary participant in a crime.
 Haupttäter, Täter

principality noun

  /pɹɪnsɪˈpælɪti/
  • (countable) A region or sovereign nation headed by a prince or princess. [from 14th c.]
 Fürstentum
  • (theology, countable) A spiritual being, specifically in Christian angelology, the third lowest level of angels, ranked above archangels and below powers. [from 16th c.]
 Fürst, Fürstentum

principate noun

  /ˈpɹɪns.əˌpeɪt/
  • (Ancient Rome) 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.
 Prinzipat

princeps noun

  /ˈprɪn.sɛps/ , /ˈprɪŋ.kɛps/
  • (Ancient Rome) Title of the Roman emperor during the principate.
 Prinzeps

principally

vornehmlich
principal investigator
Chefermittler
principal photography
Dreharbeiten
principal residence
Hauptwohnsitz
principal clause
Hauptsatz
principal witness
Kronzeuge
principal building
Haupthaus
principal purpose
Hauptzweck
security principal
Geschäftsherr
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