different between principality vs archangel

English

Etymology

From Middle English principalte, principalite, from Anglo-Norman principalté, Middle French principalté, from Late Latin pr?ncip?lit?s, from Latin pr?ncip?lis (“principal”) + -t?s. Equivalent to principal +? -ity.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??ns??pæl?ti/
• Hyphenation: prin?ci?pal?i?ty

Noun

principality (countable and uncountable, plural principalities)

1. (countable) A region or sovereign nation headed by a prince or princess. [from 14th c.]
   • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 14:

     At this time Russia consisted of a dozen or so principalities, which were frequently at war with one another.

2. (theology, countable) A spiritual being, specifically in Christian angelology, the fifth level of angels, ranked above powers and below dominions. [from 16th c.]
3. (obsolete) The state of being a prince or ruler; sovereignty, absolute authority. [14th-19th c.]
4. (now rare) The state of being principal; pre-eminence. [from 14th c.]

Translations

See also

• choirs of angels
• dominion
• power

English

Etymology

From Middle English archangel, from Old French archangele, from Latin archangelus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (arkhángelos) from Ancient Greek prefix ????- (arkhi-) + ??????? (ángelos, “messenger”). Surface analysis arch- +? angel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??(?)?ke?n.d??l/, /???(?).ke?n.d??l/

Noun

archangel (plural archangels)

1. A powerful angel that leads many other angels, but is still loyal to a deity, and often seen as belonging to a particular archangelical rank or order within a greater hierarchy of angels. (Judeo-Christian examples: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel).
2. Synonym of angelica (“the garden herb”)

Related terms

Translations

See also

• archangelology
• cherub
• cherubim
• choir
• choirs of angels
• domination
• power
• principality
• seraph
• seraphim
• throne

Welsh

Etymology

From arch- (“arch-”) +? angel (“angel”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ar??a??l/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ar??a?al/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ar??a??l/

Noun

archangel m (plural archangylion)

1. (religion) archangel

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