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Principiate vs. Principate — What's the Difference?

Principiate vs. Principate — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Principiate and Principate

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Principiate

(obsolete) To begin; to initiate.

Principate

The Principate is the name sometimes given to the first period of the Roman Empire from the beginning of the reign of Augustus in 27 BC to the end of the Crisis of the Third Century in AD 284, after which it evolved into the so-called Dominate.The Principate is characterised by the reign of a single emperor (princeps) and an effort on the part of the early emperors, at least, to preserve the illusion of the formal continuance, in some aspects, of the Roman Republic.

Principiate

To begin; to initiate.

Principate

(historical) 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.

Principate

The office of one who is principal or preeminent (such as a prince); the quality or status of being principal; preeminence.
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Principate

A state ruled by a prince; a principality.

Principate

Primary; principal.

Principate

Principality; supreme rule.

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