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As the only true scrimshander in Lonelywood, Regis was the sole person — in the town with reason or desire to travel regularly to Bryn Shander, the principle settlement and market hub of Ten-Tbwns.†
Book 1

principle = basic rule or belief
Their valley was just north of Bryn Shander, as close to the principle city as any of the fishing villages, and the humans, often warring with each other and fighting off invaders, were happy to trade for the marvelous armor and weapons that the dwarves forged.†
Book 1
He often escorted and protected the halfling through the dangerous first legs of the journey from Lonelywood, around the open tundra north of Maer Dualdon and down toward Bryn Shander, when Regis went to the principle city for business or council meetings.†
Book 1
Bryn Shander remains the key, but the principle city will only be spurred to action if the major fishing towns, Targos in particular, join in.†
Book 1 *
Thus, Termalaine and Targos on the southeastern banks of Maer Dualdon, and Caer-Konig and Caer-Dineval on the western shores of Lac Dinneshere, four towns less than a day's journey from the principle city, were the dominant towns on the lakes.†
Book 1
Regis always enjoyed the sounds and smells that greeted him when he walked through the iron-bound wooden gates on the northern wall of the principle city.†
Book 1
Several of the other spokesmen had complained about the change, but though the fishing towns could often exert some influence on the principle city in matters of public concern, they had little recourse in an issue as trivial to the general populace as this.†
Book 1
The other spokesmen might grumble about the change in the meeting place, but their dependence on the principle city would prevent them from taking any actions against Cassius.†
Book 1
They knew that Easthaven, founded and thriving on the principle of brotherhood among the communities of Ten-Towns, would openly embrace the concept of a common defense against the barbarian horde.†
Book 1
They rolled on toward Bryn Shander and cried out their first cheer when the pennant of the principle city came into sight.†
Book 1
He couldn't yet guess why Drizzt had chosen such an existence, but he was certain from what he had already seen of the drow that it had something to do with principles.†
Book 2

principles = basic rules or beliefs
Drizzt decided that the tune had come for him to lay bare the barbarian's principles and judge the wisdom and worth of teaching the young man.†
Book 2
He hoped that Bruenor's belief in Wulfgar's sense of conscience and principle proved true, for he, too, like Bruenor years before, had come to recognize the promise of the intelligent young man and found that he cared about Wulfgar's future.†
Book 2

principle = basic rule or belief
Drizzt had clung to his principles against overwhelming circumstances, leaving the familiar world of his own people by choice to remain in a world where he would never be accepted or appreciated.†
Book 2

principles = basic rules or beliefs
The fighting between Targos and Termalaine had escalated in the past few weeks, despite Cassius's efforts to diffuse it and bring the principles of the warring towns to the bargaining table.†
Book 3
Judging their speed and the distance remaining, Cassius estimated that they would converge on the wide field just below the principle city's northern gates.†
Book 3

principle = basic rule or belief
They obeyed their leader's plan to the letter: The main body of the army veered away from Bryn Shander and moved down the swath of open ground between the principle city and Targos, thus cutting any possibility of the two powerful cities linking their forces.†
Book 3
So vast was Kessell's army that it filled the miles of field between Bryn Shander and Termalaine and still had enough numbers to encircle the hill of the principle city with thick ranks of troops.†
Book 3
Other volunteers headed out later that day into the more treacherous west to scout out the situation in the principle city.†
Book 3
They had little idea of what was happening beneath the principle city, though they did see the ray of fire coming toward them.†
Book 3
The spokesman from Bryn Shander shut the door behind the last of them, desiring a private briefing with the principle character of the first stages of his plan.†
Book 3
And so, with his principle attendants and Bruenor beside him, the young king started smashing a path through the goblin ranks.†
Book 3
Kemp's force had made impressive initial headway in their charge to the slopes of the principle city, but as they neared their goal, they ran up against heavier and more desperate concentrations of humanoids.†
Book 3

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(1) (principle)
a basic rule or belief
The exact meaning of principle can depend upon its context. For example:
- "our guiding principles" -- basic moral beliefs that guide decisions and behavior
- "electromagnetic principles" -- rules describing how the world works
- "She lacks principles." -- lacks moral guidelines
- "We agree in principle." -- about important basic beliefs
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
See a comprehensive dictionary for more specialized senses including one in chemistry.

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