sovereign authority
1sovereign — [säv′rən, säv′ər in; ] occas. [ suv′rən, suv′ər in] adj. [ME soveraine < OFr < VL * superanus < L super, above, OVER] 1. above or superior to all others; chief; greatest; supreme 2. supreme in power, rank, or authority 3. of or holding… …
2sovereign — /ˈsɒvrən / (say sovruhn) noun 1. someone who has sovereign power or authority, especially a monarch. 2. a group or body of persons or a state possessing sovereign authority. 3. a former British gold coin. –adjective 4. belonging to or… …
3sovereign — sov•er•eign [[t]ˈsɒv rɪn, ˈsɒv ər ɪn, ˈsʌv [/t]] n. 1) gov a monarch or other supreme ruler 2) gov a person who has sovereign power or authority 3) gov a body of persons or a state having sovereign authority 4) num a gold coin of the United… …
4sovereign — sovereignly, adv. /sov rin, sov euhr in, suv /, n. 1. a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler. 2. a person who has sovereign power or authority. 3. a group or body of persons or a state having sovereign authority. 4. a gold coin of the… …
5sovereign — sov·er·eign 1 / sä vrən, sə , və rən/ also sov·ran / vrən/ n: a person or political entity (as a nation or state) possessing or held to possess sovereignty a controversy between two sovereign s...the United States on the one hand and the State of …
6Sovereign state — Sovereign states in Europe A sovereign state, or simply, state, is a state with a defined territory on which it exercises internal and external sovereignty, a permanent population, a government, and the capacity to enter into relations with other …
7Sovereign Grace Baptists — in the broadest sense are any Calvinistic Baptists that accept God s sovereign grace in salvation and predestination, including Primitive Baptists, Reformed Baptists, Continental Baptist Churches (org. 1983) and Strict Baptists. Certain churches… …
8Sovereign Center — Daten Ort Reading, Pennsylvania, USA Koordinaten …
9Sovereign — 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… …
10Sovereign state — 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… …
