Sovereignty : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Sovereignty	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Sovereignty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sovereignty n government free from external control royal authority; the dominion of a monarch Synonym(s): reign, sovereignty the authority of a state to govern another state
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sovereignty \Sov"ereignty\, n.; pl. {Sovereignties}. [OE. soverainetee, OF. sovrainet[82], F. souverainet[82].] 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 sovereignty As well over their husband as over their love. --Chaucer.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Sovereignty 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).