principalities
n. 公國,侯國( principality的名詞複數 )
A principality is a country that is ruled by a prince.
...the tiny principality of Liechtenstein.
面積很小的列支敦斯登公國
Put them toto principalities and powers , to obey, to be to every good work.
1你要提醒眾人,叫他們順服作官的、掌權的, 遵他的命, 預備行各樣的善事.
Ecclesiastical principalities - A principality technically under the rulership of a prince, but nonetheless strongly dominated the Church.
教會公 - 以公技術上的統治下的王子, 但強烈主導的教會.
By 771 BC, the power of Zhou declined and it lost control principalities.
到公元前771年, 周的勢力已經逐漸衰退,各諸侯國開始掙脫其控制.