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† ˈsovereigntess Obs.
Forms: 6 soueraintess, 7 -tesse; 6 sourantesse, -entisse, 7 soufrentesse.
[f. sovereign n. The intrusive t is probably due to the influence of sovereignty.]
= sovereigness.
1586Warner Alb. Eng. iii. xviii. (1592) 76 One seemed to haue passed Stix, and entring Plutos gate, Saw Hecat new canonized the Sourantisse of hell. 1591Sylvester Du Bartas i. iv. 718 Sea's Soueraintess, Sleep-bringer, Pilgrim's guide. 1592Warner Alb. Eng. vii. xxxvi. 154 Anatomize my braine, And ore my senses see your selfe the Sourentesse [1612 Soufrentesse] to raigne. 1613Heywood Silver Age i. i, To lay the least grosse imputation Upon the Queene, my beauteous Soueraintesse. |