Sovran
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsɒvɹən/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Sovran is an adjective meaning Archaic spelling of sovereign.
Meaning
Archaic spelling of sovereign.
More Meanings
- Archaic spelling of sovereign (“ruler”).
Example Sentences
My pity is a stream; my pride of thee Is like the sea that doth engulf the stream; My love for thee is like the sovran moon That rules the sea.
Can animal industry, like our own, obey the law of economy, the sovran law that governs our industrial machine even as it governs, at least to all appearances, the sublime machine of the universe?
The Highest comes in Holy Land to hold His sovran court and synod sanctified, As all the psalms and prophets have foretold: The riches of his grace He will spread wide Through his own realm, that seat and chosen fold Of worship and free mercies multiplied.
In the Protestant States, the supreme ecclesiastical power was vested in the sovran; the sovran had other interests besides those of the Church to consider; and political reasons would compel him sooner or later to modify the principle of ecclesiastical intolerance.
Word Forms
- sovrans
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include soveraigne, soveraigntie, potentate, medieval, regnative, autocratoric.
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