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Webster 1913 Edition
Sovereignty
Sov′er-eign-ty
,Noun.
pl.
Sovereignties
(#)
. [OE.
soverainetee
, OF. sovraineté
, F. souveraineté
.] 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
As well over their husband as over their love.
sovereignty
As well over their husband as over their love.
Chaucer.