Definitions for: Sovereignty

[n] government free from external control
[n] royal authority; the dominion of a monarch

Webster (1913) Definition: Sov"er*eign*ty, n.; pl. Sovereignties. [OE.
soverainetee, OF. sovrainet['e], F. souverainet['e].]
The quality or state of being sovereign, or of being a
sovereign; the exercise of, or right to exercise, supreme
power; dominion; sway; supremacy; independence; also, that
which is sovereign; a sovereign state; as, Italy was formerly
divided into many sovereignties.

Woman desiren to have sovereignty As well over their
husband as over their love. --Chaucer.

Synonyms: reign

See Also: dominion, rule, scepter, sceptre, self-determination, self-government, self-rule

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