 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
sovereignty
noun
1: government free from external control
2: royal authority; the dominion of a monarch [syn: {reign}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sovereignty \Sov"er*eign*ty\, noun; 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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
168 Moby Thesaurus words for "sovereignty":
acme, administration, ascendance, ascendancy, ascendant, authority,
authorization, balance of power, be-all and end-all, blue ribbon,
caliphate, captainship, chairmanship, championship,
civil government, claws, clutches, command, control, convenership,
custody, czardom, dictatorship, direction, directorate,
directorship, discipline, dispensation, disposition, dominance,
dominancy, domination, dominion, dominium, effectiveness,
eminent domain, emperorship, empery, empire, eternity, first place,
first prize, foremanship, form of government, generalship, glory,
governance, government, governorship, grip, guardianship, hand,
hands, headship, hegemony, height, highest, holiness, immutability,
imperialism, imperium, independence, infinite goodness,
infinite justice, infinite love, infinite mercy, infinite power,
infinite wisdom, infinity, influence, intendancy, internationalism,
internationality, iron hand, jurisdiction, kaiserdom, kaisership,
kinghood, kingship, land tenure, landholding, landownership,
landowning, leadership, light, lordship, majesty, management,
managership, masterdom, mastership, mastery, maximum, most,
nationalism, nationality, nationhood, ne plus ultra, new high,
omnipotence, omnipotency, omnipresence, omniscience, omnisciency,
overlordship, overseership, oversight, ownership, palms,
paramountcy, peoplehood, political organization, polity,
possessorship, power, predominance, predominancy, predomination,
preeminence, preponderance, prepotence, prepotency, presidency,
primacy, principality, proctorship, proprietary, proprietorship,
queenhood, queenship, raj, rajaship, record, regime, regimen,
regnancy, regulation, reign, royalty, rule, say, seigniory,
self-determination, self-government, sovereign nationhood,
statehood, stewardship, sultanate, sultanship, superintendence,
superintendency, superiority, supervision, supervisorship,
supremacy, suzerainship, suzerainty, sway, system of government,
talons, the crown, the throne, top spot, ubiquity, unity,
upper hand, whip hand, zenith
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Sovereignty
of God, his absolute right to do all things according to his own
good pleasure (Dan. 4:25, 35; Rom. 9:15-23; 1 Tim. 6:15; Rev.
4:11).
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