Definition of sovereign

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Sovereign (a.) Supreme or highest in power; superior to all others; chief; as, our sovereign prince..

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War :: War (n.) A contest between nations or states, carried on by force, whether for defence, for revenging insults and redressing wrongs, for the extension of commerce, for the acquisition of territory, for obtaining and establishing the superiority and dominion of one over the other, or for any other purpose; armed conflict of sovereign powers; declared and open hostilities..
Domain :: Domain (n.) Ownership of land; an estate or patrimony which one has in his own right; absolute proprietorship; paramount or sovereign ownership.
Jubilee :: "Jubilee (n.) A church solemnity or ceremony celebrated at Rome, at stated intervals, originally of one hundred years, but latterly of twenty-five; a plenary and extraordinary indulgence grated by the sovereign pontiff to the universal church. One invariable condition of granting this indulgence is the confession of sins and receiving of the eucharist..
Unprince :: Unprince (v. t.) To deprive of the character or authority of a prince; to divest of principality of sovereignty.
Kingly :: Kingly (superl.) Belonging to, suitable to, or becoming, a king; characteristic of, resembling, a king; directed or administered by a king; monarchical; royal; sovereign; regal; august; noble; grand..
Pound :: Pound (n.) A British denomination of money of account, equivalent to twenty shillings sterling, and equal in value to about $4.86. There is no coin known by this name, but the gold sovereign is of the same value..
Progress :: Progress (n.) A journey of state; a circuit; especially, one made by a sovereign through parts of his own dominions..
Autocrat :: Autocrat (a.) An absolute sovereign; a monarch who holds and exercises the powers of government by claim of absolute right, not subject to restriction; as, Autocrat of all the Russias (a title of the Czar)..
Recession :: Recession (n.) The act of ceding back; restoration; repeated cession; as, the recession of conquered territory to its former sovereign..
Autocracy :: Autocracy (n.) Political independence or absolute sovereignty (of a state); autonomy.
Prince :: Prince (a.) The one of highest rank; one holding the highest place and authority; a sovereign; a monarch; -- originally applied to either sex, but now rarely applied to a female..
Usurpation :: Usurpation (n.) The act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power, especially an infringing on the rights of others; specifically, the illegal seizure of sovereign power; -- commonly used with of, also used with on or upon; as, the usurpation of a throne; the usurpation of the supreme power..
Absolute :: Absolute (a.) Loosed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled; unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority, monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command; absolute power; an absolute monarch..
Audience :: Audience (a.) Admittance to a hearing; a formal interview, esp. with a sovereign or the head of a government, for conference or the transaction of business..
Principality :: Principality (n.) Sovereignty; supreme power; hence, superiority; predominance; high, or the highest, station..
Thearchic :: Thearchic (a.) Divinely sovereign or supreme.
Autocratrix :: Autocratrix (n.) A female sovereign who is independent and absolute; -- a title given to the empresses of Russia.
Arret :: Arret (n.) A judgment, decision, or decree of a court or high tribunal; also, a decree of a sovereign..
Dynasty :: Dynasty (n.) Sovereignty; lordship; dominion.
Homage :: Homage (n.) A symbolical acknowledgment made by a feudal tenant to, and in the presence of, his lord, on receiving investiture of fee, or coming to it by succession, that he was his man, or vassal; profession of fealty to a sovereign..
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