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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sovereignty \Sov"er*eign*ty\, n.; 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
sovereignty
n 1: government free from external control
2: royal authority; the dominion of a monarch [syn: {reign}]
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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