Sovereignty

Quick meaning: Sovereignty is a noun meaning (countable) A territory under the rule of a sovereign; an independent or self-governing nation or other polity.

Meaning

(countable) A territory under the rule of a sovereign; an independent or self-governing nation or other polity.

More Meanings

1. (chiefly uncountable) The quality or state of being sovereign.

Example Sentences

[T]his Diſunion at length occaſioned the total Ruin of them all; the Chriſtians being thereby enabled alſo to erect diverſe ſmall Sovereignties, vvith Regal Titles.

Theſe Expences […] vvould not for the preſent, Rebus ſic ſtantibus [with things thus standing], become this King, vvhoſe fame and honour (as all other Sovereignties, ſo his in particular) ſtood more upon Reputation than profit; […]

Over Johnson's veto, Congress enacted one of the most important laws in American history, the Civil Rights Act of 1866, still on the books today. It affirmed the citizenship of everyone born in the United States, regardless of race (except Indians, still considered members of tribal sovereignties).

VVhence it is clear as Noon-day that all the Horns here mentioned ſignifying particular Sovereignties, there being in the mean time but one Beaſt mentioned, vvhich neceſſarily implies but one Empire, State, or Kingdom, that all theſe particular Sovereignties muſt be the Sovereignties of one and the ſame State or Empire vvhich the Goat ſignified, vvhich is the Greek Empire.

Word Forms

• sovereignties
• soveraigntie
• sovranty

Synonyms for sovereignty

Depending on context, synonyms include sovereigndom, sovereignhood, sovereignness, sovereignship, reign.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include reign, hegemony, statehood, sovereign, jurisdiction, lordship.

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