Thesaurus: sovereignty

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1. n. 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.
2. n. government free from external control
3. n. royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
4. n. the authority of a state to govern another state
5. 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.
6. The quality or state of being sovereign, or of being asovereign; the exercise of, or right to exercise, supreme power;dominion; sway; supremacy; independence; also, that which issovereign; a sovereign state; as, Italy was formerly divided intomany sovereignties.Woman desiren to have sovereignty As well over their husband as overtheir love. Chaucer.
7. n:100 n. government free from external control n. the authority of a state to govern another state