Sovranty
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sovranty is a noun meaning (obsolete) Alternative form of sovereignty.
Meaning
(obsolete) Alternative form of sovereignty.
Example Sentences
Oh fie, Earth; shame, infernal sovranties!
All the other kings, whose heads were full with their newly acquired sovranties, viz., Antiochus in Asia and Ptolemy II. in Egypt, joined with Keraunos in buying off the dangerous Pyrrhus, by bribes of men, money, and elephants, to make his expedition to Italy, and leave them to settle their affairs.
Others more truly explain it of Hesiod, who lived in Kyme, a city of Asia, and, like the Sibyl, wrote the succession of the reigns of the gods and said that there were diverse heavenly sovranties; first came that of Saturn, which was golden, then that of Iuppiter, which was of silver, next of Neptune, which was bronze, and finally of Apollo, which was of iron.
Word Forms
- sovranties
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sovereignty, suzerain, gouvernment, suzerainty, seigniory, seigneury.
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