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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Plural of
princeps .
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Next followed men of more robust age, in the same number of companies, who were called principes, all wearing shields, and distinguished by the completest armour.
The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius
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Behind them were stationed an equal number of companies, called principes, made up of men in the full vigour of life, all carrying shields and furnished with superior weapons.
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Her principes are the foundation of international treaties like the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which is guaranteeing in article 14, the right to a fair trial and the principle, to be held innocent untill guilt proven
Jakarta IMC Newswire 2009
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Ethiques des Ethiques de vertus développement Orientation "principes"
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At the conclusion of the antiphon, Gloria, laus, et honor is sung ... the celebrant strikes the doors with the end of the processional cross, as he says, Attolite portas, principes vestras: et elevamini portae aeternales, et introibit Rex gloriae.
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- David Ricardo, Des principes de l'economie politique et de l'impot, 1835
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- David Ricardo, Des principes de l'economie politique et de l'impot, 1835
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- David Ricardo, Des principes de l'economie politique et de l'impot, 1835
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There are new principes too that must be included in a majority conservatism: environmental protection as a core value and an unwavering insistence upon competence and integrity in government.
The new conservatism? Burke's Corner 2008
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There are new principes too that must be included in a majority conservatism: environmental protection as a core value and an unwavering insistence upon competence and integrity in government.
Archive 2008-11-01 Burke's Corner 2008
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