Definition of sovereign

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Sovereign (a.) 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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Appanage :: Appanage (n.) The portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons.
Knight Marshal :: Knight marshal () An officer in the household of the British sovereign, who has cognizance of transgressions within the royal household and verge, and of contracts made there, a member of the household being one of the parties..
Palace :: Palace (n.) The residence of a sovereign, including the lodgings of high officers of state, and rooms for business, as well as halls for ceremony and reception..
Empress :: Empress (n.) A female sovereign.
Regnancy :: Regnancy (n.) The condition or quality of being regnant; sovereignty; rule.
Throne :: Throne (v. t.) To place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt.
Maharajah :: Maharajah (n.) A sovereign prince in India; -- a title given also to other persons of high rank.
Knight :: Knight (v. t.) To dub or create (one) a knight; -- done in England by the sovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword, saying: Rise, Sir ---..
Prorogue :: Prorogue (v. t.) To end the session of a parliament by an order of the sovereign, thus deferring its business..
Court :: Court (n.) The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or ether dignitary; a palace..
Monarch :: Monarch (n.) A sole or supreme ruler; a sovereign; the highest ruler; an emperor, king, queen, prince, or chief..
Regent :: Regent (a.) Especially, one invested with vicarious authority; one who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign..
Octroi :: Octroi (n.) A privilege granted by the sovereign authority, as the exclusive right of trade granted to a guild or society; a concession..
Corvee :: Corvee (n.) An obligation to perform certain services, as the repair of roads, for the lord or sovereign..
Curia :: Curia (n.) The court of a sovereign or of a feudal lord; also; his residence or his household.
Crown :: Crown (n.) The person entitled to wear a regal or imperial crown; the sovereign; -- with the definite article.
Sovran :: Sovran (a.) A variant of Sovereign.
Cartouch :: Cartouch (n.) An oval figure on monuments, and in papyri, containing the name of a sovereign..
Disenthrone :: Disenthrone (v. t.) To dethrone; to depose from sovereign authority.
Loyalist :: Loyalist (n.) A person who adheres to his sovereign or to the lawful authority; especially, one who maintains his allegiance to his prince or government, and defends his cause in times of revolt or revolution..
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