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Another word for sovereignty

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Noun

  1. The right and power to command, decide, rule, or judge

    See also:

    over

  2. The condition of being politically free

    See also:

    free

    dependence

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Another word for sovereignty

Noun

  1. The power of a sovereign or state

    See also:

    government

  2. Independent political authority

    See also:

    freedom

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Sentence Examples

  • He trained her to look on her future sovereignty as an engagement to make religion respected.

  • Such hints as these indicate the impossibility of recovering a complete picture of the Jews during the sovereignty of the Greeks, which the Talmudists regard as the dark age, best left in oblivion.

  • The United States, on assuming sovereignty over Tutuila and the islands E.

  • In Isaiah both aspects - divine universal sovereignty and justice, taught by Amos, and divine loving-kindness to Israel and God's claims on His people's allegiance, taught by Hosea - are fully expressed.

  • The sovereignty of Holland and Zeeland was offered to the queen of England, but she, though promising secret support, declined.

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