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Antonyms for sovereignty

Grammar : Noun
Spell : sov-rin-tee, suhv-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɒv rɪn ti, ˈsʌv-

Definition of sovereignty

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "pre-eminence," from Anglo-French sovereynete, Old French souverainete, from soverain (see sovereign (adj.)). Meaning "authority, rule, supremacy of power or rank" is recorded from late 14c.; sense of "existence as an independent state" is from 1715.
  • noun domination
Example sentences :
  • We will not use our friendship to impose on their sovereignty, for our own sovereignty is not for sale.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • All the money, all the sovereignty, would be his; he henceforth would reign.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • And whether he would or not nobody could tell; it was all sovereignty.
  • Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry
  • But the duration of their sovereignty was as a summer cloud or morning dew.
  • Extract from : « Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI » by Various
  • It came about through Don John of Austria's dreams of sovereignty.
  • Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini
  • The theory of society supposes the existence and sovereignty of these.
  • Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • "Not as to the sovereignty," said she, with a grave look, half rebukeful of his levity.
  • Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever
  • They and the Conqueror were rival claimants to the sovereignty of Maine.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 » by Various
  • Its limitations of Bulgarian sovereignty were ignored little by little.
  • Extract from : « Bulgaria » by Frank Fox
  • For who is there now that disputes the sovereignty with him?
  • Extract from : « The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis » by Xenophon

Synonyms for sovereignty

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