sovereignty
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rɪn noun, plural sov·er·eign·ties.
1.
the quality or state of being sovereign.
2.
the status, dominion, power, or authority of a sovereign; royalty.
3.
supreme and independent power or authority in government as possessed or claimed by a state or community.
4.
rightful status, independence, or prerogative.
5.
a sovereign state, community, or political unit.
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World English Dictionary
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| —n , pl -ties | |
| 1. | supreme and unrestricted power, as of a state |
| 2. | the position, dominion, or authority of a sovereign |
| 3. | an independent state |
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Word Origin & History
sovereignty
mid-14c., "pre-eminence," from Anglo-Fr. sovereynete, from O.Fr. souverainete, from soverain (see sovereign). Meaning "authority, rule" is recorded from late 14c.; sense of "existence as an independent state" is from 1715.
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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
sovereignty [(sov-ruhn-tee, sov-uhr-uhn-tee)]A nation or state's supreme power within its borders. A government might respond, for example, to criticism from foreign governments of its treatment of its own citizens by citing its rights of sovereignty.
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Sovereignty definition
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).
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Example sentences
But for a government so fiercely insistent on the inviolability of its own sovereignty, this was a big step.
We live in a post military world where land holdings do not insure security or sovereignty.
Most of them are still far too touchy about sovereignty to agree on any meaningful pooling of it.
But it would not challenge the sovereignty of either state, he says, nor would it be based on ethnicity.
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