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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.
 дире́ктор, директри́са, ре́ктор
  • (finance, uncountable) The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated.
 [[основно́й]] долг, [[основной|основна́я]] [[су́мма]]
  • (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.
 довери́тель, принципа́л

principal adjective

  /ˈpɹɪnsəpəl/ , /ˈpɹɪnsɪpəl/
  • Primary; most important; first level in importance.
 гла́вный, основно́й

principate noun

  • (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.
 принципат

principality noun

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