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Heaven :: Heaven (n.) The sovereign of heaven; God; also, the assembly of the blessed, collectively; -- used variously in this sense, as in No. 2..

Prorogation :: Prorogation (n.) The act of proroguing; the ending of the session of Parliament, and postponing of its business, by the command of the sovereign..

Sovereignty :: Sovereignty (n.) 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..

Ruling :: Ruling (a.) Predominant; chief; reigning; controlling; as, a ruling passion; a ruling sovereign..

Coronet :: Coronet (n.) An ornamental or honorary headdress, having the shape and character of a crown; particularly, a crown worn as the mark of high rank lower than sovereignty. The word is used by Shakespeare to denote also a kingly crown..

Appanage :: Appanage (n.) The portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons.

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..

Disloyal :: Disloyal (a.) Not loyal; not true to a sovereign or lawful superior, or to the government under which one lives; false where allegiance is due; faithless; as, a subject disloyal to the king; a husband disloyal to his wife..

Subsidy :: Subsidy (n.) Support; aid; cooperation; esp., extraordinary aid in money rendered to the sovereign or to a friendly power..

Maharajah :: Maharajah (n.) A sovereign prince in India; -- a title given also to other persons of high rank.

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..

Knight Banneret :: Knight banneret () A knight who carried a banner, who possessed fiefs to a greater amount than the knight bachelor, and who was obliged to serve in war with a greater number of attendants. The dignity was sometimes conferred by the sovereign in person on the field of battle..

Sovereign :: Sovereign (n.) Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy..

Thearchy :: Thearchy (n.) Government by God; divine sovereignty; theocracy.

Liege :: Liege (a.) Serving an independent sovereign or master; bound by a feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal to a superior, as a vassal to his lord; faithful; loyal; as, a liege man; a liege subject..

Sovereign :: Sovereign (a.) Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.

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..

Interregnum :: Interregnum (n.) The time during which a throne is vacant between the death or abdication of a sovereign and the accession of his successor.

Potentacy :: Potentacy (n.) Sovereignty.

Deposition :: Deposition (n.) The act of setting aside a sovereign or a public officer; deprivation of authority and dignity; displacement; removal.

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