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US
/ˈsɑvɹən/
]
[ UK /sˈɒvəɹˌɪn/ ]
[ UK /sˈɒvəɹˌɪn/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
(of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces
an autonomous judiciary
a sovereign state -
greatest in status or authority or power
a supreme tribunal
NOUN
- a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
How To Use sovereign In A Sentence
- In chantries unrehearsed we'd wow the votarists and serenade the friary to panting ecstasies while summoned to kingly chambers we branked the troubadours, turning the sovereign mind to heaven, the courtiers left speechless with neglect... Strange Bedfellows
- Popular belief credits shark liver pills with being a sovereign remedy for illness ranging from arthritis to diabetes.
- Nowhere was this ambiguity more apparent than concerning the question of sovereignty.
- The treaty gave Edward III sovereignty over Calais and the whole of Aquitaine.
- For two days it had been snowing, great flakes so plume-like that they seemed almost artificial, making one think of the blizzards which originate high in theatre-flies under the sovereignty of a stage-hand who sweats at his task of controlling the elements. Then I'll Come Back to You
- The relay offers an opportunity for millions of people to be directly involved in the games and celebrate the Queen's 50 years as British sovereign.
- Federal Government is the exclusive judge of the extent as well as the limitations of its power, it seems to me to be utterly perversive of the sovereignty and independence of the States. Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader
- For many the sacrifice of British sovereign power was too great a price to pay. Times, Sunday Times
- The Admiralty court was declared by statute to be a sovereign court.
- First, that the agent of abasement shifts from George the indigene sovereign to the "Sons of Belial. The State of Things: Olaudah Equiano and the Volatile Politics of Heterocosmic Desire