| 释义 |
† sovereignity Obs.
Forms: 6 souer-, 6–7 soveraignitie; 6–7 souer-, 7–8 soveraignity, -eignity; 6 soueranitie, -enitie, 7 soveranitie.
[f. sovereign a. + -ity. Cf. OF. suvrenitet, It. sovranità.]
= sovereignty.
c1560A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) vi. 22 As prowd princely luve express Is to haif souerenitie. 1584D. Fenner Def. Ministers (1587) 75 Her iust and holy Soueraignitie. 1632Lithgow Trav. Dedic., A homely and familiar Stile; no wayes fit for Soueraignity to peruse. 1671[R. MacWard] True Nonconf. 28 The Soveraignity of Christian Princes can⁓not give them a contrary privilege. 1722De Foe Plague (1884) 21 My Maker had an undisputed Right of Soveraignity. 1784D. Herd Let. in Songs (1904) 50, I am sorry you are already tir'd of the sovereignity. |