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sovereign
(mass) | sovereign
- výsostný, suverénny |
sovereign
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sovereign
(encz) | sovereign,suverén n: Zdeněk Brož |
sovereign
(encz) | sovereign,suverénní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sovereign
(encz) | sovereign,výsostný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sovereign
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Sovereign
(gcide) | Sovereign \Sov"er*eign\ (? or ?; 277), n.
1. The person, body, or state in which independent and
supreme authority is vested; especially, in a monarchy, a
king, queen, or emperor.
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No question is to be made but that the bed of the
Mississippi belongs to the sovereign, that is, to
the nation. --Jefferson.
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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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3. (Zool.) Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi, or genus
Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy.
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Syn: King; prince; monarch; potentate; emperor.
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Sovereign
(gcide) | Sovereign \Sov"er*eign\ (? or ?; 277), a. [OE. soverain,
sovereyn, OF. soverain, suvrain, F. souverain, LL. superanus,
fr. L. superus that is above, upper, higher, fr. super above.
See Over, Super, and cf. Soprano. The modern spelling
is due to a supposed connection with reign.]
1. Supreme or highest in power; superior to all others;
chief; as, our sovereign prince.
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2. Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing,
or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a
sovereign state; a sovereign discretion.
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3. Princely; royal. "Most sovereign name." --Shak.
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At Babylon was his sovereign see. --Chaucer.
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4. Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.
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We acknowledge him [God] our sovereign good.
--Hooker.
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5. Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; controlling;
as, a sovereign remedy. --Dryden.
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Such a sovereign influence has this passion upon the
regulation of the lives and actions of men. --South.
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Sovereign state, a state which administers its own
government, and is not dependent upon, or subject to,
another power.
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sovereign
(wn) | sovereign
adj 1: (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces;
"an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state" [syn:
autonomous, independent, self-governing,
sovereign]
2: greatest in status or authority or power; "a supreme
tribunal" [syn: sovereign, supreme]
n 1: a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary
right [syn: sovereign, crowned head, monarch] |
SOVEREIGN
(bouvier) | SOVEREIGN, Eng. law. The name of a gold coin of Great Britain of the value
of one pound sterling.
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SOVEREIGN
(bouvier) | SOVEREIGN. A chief ruler with supreme power; one possessing sovereignty.
(q.v.) It is also applied to a king or other magistrate with limited powers.
2. In the United States the sovereignty resides in the body of the
people. Vide Rutherf. Inst. 282.
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