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sovereignties |
1 definition found 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.
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