principal
adjective
/ˈpɹɪnsəpəl/
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/ˈpɹɪnsɪpəl/
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- Primary; most important; first level in importance.
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Haupt-,
hauptsächlich,
wesentlich
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principal
noun
/ˈpɹɪnsəpəl/
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/ˈpɹɪnsɪpəl/
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- (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.
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Rektor,
Schuldirektor,
Schulvorsteher,
Rektorin,
Schulleiter,
Schulleiterin
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- (legal) 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.
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Geschäftsherr,
Prinzipal,
Vollmachtgeber
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- (legal) The primary participant in a crime.
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Haupttäter,
Täter
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principality
noun
/pɹɪnsɪˈpælɪti/
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- (countable) A region or sovereign nation headed by a prince or princess. [from 14th c.]
- (theology, countable) A spiritual being, specifically in Christian angelology, the fifth level of angels, ranked above powers and below dominions. [from 16th c.]
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Fürstentum
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principate
noun
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- (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.
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Prinzipat
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princeps
noun
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- (Ancient Rome) Title of the Roman emperor during the principate.
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Prinzeps
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