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Definition of Sovereign
1. Adjective. (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces. "A sovereign state"
Similar to: Free
Derivative terms: Autonomy, Independence
2. Noun. A nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right.
Specialized synonyms: Capetian, Carlovingian, Carolingian, Czar, Tsar, Tzar, Emperor, King, Male Monarch, Rex, Merovingian, Shah, Shah Of Iran
Generic synonyms: Chief Of State, Head Of State, Ruler, Swayer
Derivative terms: Monarchal, Monarchal, Monarchic, Monarchical, Monarchical
3. Adjective. Greatest in status or authority or power. "A supreme tribunal"
Definition of Sovereign
1. a. Supreme or highest in power; superior to all others; chief; as, our sovereign prince.
2. n. The person, body, or state in which independent and supreme authority is vested; especially, in a monarchy, a king, queen, or emperor.
Definition of Sovereign
1. Adjective. Exercising power of rule. ¹
2. Adjective. Exceptional in quality. ¹
3. Adjective. (rare) Extremely potent or effective (of a medicine, remedy etc.). ¹
4. Adjective. Having supreme, ultimate power. ¹
5. Noun. A monarch; the ruler of a country. ¹
6. Noun. One who is not a subject to a ruler or nation. ¹
7. Noun. A gold coin minted by the United Kingdom. ¹
8. Noun. A very large champagne bottle with the capacity of about 25 liters, equivalent to 33? standard bottles. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sovereign
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Medical Definition of Sovereign
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1. The person, body, or state in which independent and supreme authority is vested; especially, in a monarchy, a king, queen, or emperor. "No question is to be made but that the bed of the Mississippi belongs to the sovereign, that is, to the nation." (Jefferson)
2. A gold coin of Great Britain, on which an effigy of the head of the reigning king or queen is stamped, valued at one pound sterling, or about $4.86.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sovereign
Literary usage of Sovereign
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"(a) constitutions established by a free sovereign people for their own regulation,
... Some constitutions are compacts between several sovereign powers. ..."
2. The Works of Daniel Webster by Daniel Webster, Edward Everett (1851)
"THE CONSTITUTION NOT A COMPACT BETWEEN sovereign STATES.* On the 21st of January,
1833, Mr. Wilkins, chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the Senate, ..."
3. Outlines of International Law by George Breckenridge Davis (1887)
"It has been seen that a state possesses a certain number of sovereign rights and
powers. These rights are possessed in precisely the same number and to the ..."
4. Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness (1903)
"received the friendly letter indited in the sovereign's own hand, of which, alas !
no record has been kept; it is irretrievably lost, together with all the ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"In Austria (with the exception of some episcopal sees), in Bavaria, in Spain, in
Portugal and in Peru, the Government presents to the sovereign pontiff the ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Being of earth, the sovereign must, while on earth, possess his Ba, or second
earthly person; but being, at the same time, the heaven- born child and the ..."
7. The Works of Daniel Webster by Daniel Webster, Edward Everett (1851)
"Let us admit that they are sovereign, for they are so; that is to say, the
aggregate community, the collected will of the people, is sovereign. ..."
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