0 a male member of a royal family, especially the son of a king or queen -- princ
Prince Charles.
1 the ruler of some states or countries -- kníže
Prince Rainier of Monaco.
In it, twelve dancers, dressed as twelve princes, danced in imitation of the deities, accompanied by songs in their praise.
The bits of bureaucracy that mattered were run by important princes or by commoners very close to the court.
Democratic princes can energetically pursue public policies-whether in security, trade, technology, or welfare-because they feel, and to a degree are, mandated so to do.
There are often difficulties of this kind with media writers, as well as problems in attracting the attention of both princes and janitors.
Even more secular forms of address, such as the mirror of princes, were heavily laden with religious content.
Rather than a screed against giving advice to princes, the answer might lie in broadening the range of advice available to princes.
The emperors had always had an interest in helping the nobles maintain some independence from the princes.
While friendly princes were assets, however, uncooperative ones could be liabilities; they might obstruct attempts to exploit their resources or to modernize their governments.
