sovereigntyn.

/ˈsɒvrɪnti/

Forms: (see sovereign n. and adj.).

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman sovereyneté, soverentee, = Old French souveraineté (modern French souvraineté ): see sovereign n. and adj. and -ty suffix¹.

The quality or condition of being sovereign.

1. Supremacy or pre-eminence in respect of excellence or efficacy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > surpassing excellence > [noun]

pricea1275

sovereigntyc1340

primacyc1384

sublimityc1429

vassalagec1430

precellence?a1439

pre-excellencec1450

pre-eminencec1460

superexcellencec1475

chief1519

pre-eminency1523

greaterness1540

precellency1557

superexcellency?1563

divinenessa1586

superancya1586

sublimenessa1599

pre-excellency1603

especialness1614

transcendencea1616

transcendency1615

transcendentness1625

top1627

antecellency1657

quality1665

transcendingness1730

transcendentalism1841

surpassingness1879

transcendentality1881

c1340 R. Rolle Prose Treat. 14 Þe ende and þe soueraynte of perfeccione standes in a verray anehede of Godd.

c1403 J. Lydgate Curia Sap. (Caxton) a ij I symple shall extoll theyr soueraynte And my rudenes shall shewe theyr subtylyte.

1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes iv. Prol. Which..dyd excel In Rethorike by suffreinte of style.

1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 4^v His sufferaigntie is, that being..borne aboute a man, [it] keepeth him safe.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 232 Of all complexions the culd soueraigntie, Do meete as at a faire in her faire cheeke.

1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie ii. iii. 43 By the Soueraigntie of these partitions being interposed betweene them.

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. iii. 222 Some prescriptions Of rare and prou'd effects, such as his reading..had collected For generall soueraigntie .

2. Supremacy in respect of power, domination, or rank; supreme dominion, authority, or rule.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > [noun] > supreme authority

sovereigntyc1374

thronea1382

chiefnessc1420

superiority1449

suzeraintyc1470

sovereignness1532

supremity1536

supremacy1547

monarchy1585

autocracy1659

paramountcy1667

sovranty1667

paramountship1735

sovereignship1817

eminent domain1850

overmastery1901

the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [noun] > sovereignty or rule

kingdomc1250

sovereignty1754

theonomy1890

α.

c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 171 Ye shul no more have sovereynte Of my love, than right in this cas is.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 104 Till I hadde wonne The love and sovereinete Of what knyht that..Alle othre passeth.

c1430 J. Lydgate in Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 46 Crafft may shewe a foreyn apparence; But nature ay must have the sovereynte.

1475 Bk. Noblesse (Roxb.) 51 God hathe gyve that souvereynte in mannys soule.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 273/2 Soveraynte that a lorde or a superiour hath, sovuerainté.

1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 129 The Pryor of Christes Churche pretended to haue..a soueraintie ouer S. Martines.

β. ?1545 H. Rhodes Bk. Nurture sig. Cii^v Prayse not thy selfe bycause thou woldest haue souereynte.1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Apr. 122 Gloss. The chiefedome and soueraigntye of al flowres.a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iv. vii. 35 As is the Aspray to the Fish, who takes it By Soueraignty of Nature. 1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman ii. xxii. 355 Which causeth choller to have soveraignty and dominion over the other humours.1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 83 Joves own Tree, That holds the Woods in awful Sov'raignty . 1718 Free-thinker No. 50. 2 The Romans..acquired the Sovereignty of the Sea.1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will iv. vii. 233 The Sovereignty of God is his Ability and Authority to do whatever pleases Him.1822 P. B. Shelley Hellas 10 The sage..May have attained to sovereignty and science Over those strong and secret things.1860 R. W. Emerson Power in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 56 As long as our people quote English standards, they will miss the sovereignty of power.γ. 14.. in Tundale's Vis. (1903) 200 Where neest thi son thou hast souerente.c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 466/1 Soverente, superioritas.1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 51 O lorde almyhte which hast overe al Soverente.δ. 1460 Pol., Rel., & L. Poems (1903) 200 More-ouer I yave the suffrauntè that alle Bestis shoulde bowe þe vntyll.1486 in J. Raine Vol. Eng. Misc. N. Counties Eng. (1890) 54 Unto whome..all other floures shall lowte, and evidently yeve suffranti.a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xx. sig. g.vi Bycause that Werburge, in order was senyoure Her mother Ermenylde, gaue her the sufferaynte.

a. spec. The position, rank, or power of a supreme ruler or monarch; royal authority or dominion.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > [noun] > royal or princely authority

richeeOE

kingdomOE

richdomOE

crownc1175

principalityc1350

realtya1375

regala1375

majestyc1375

thronea1382

sceptre1382

principatec1384

sovereignty1387

regalya1393

diadema1400

regalty?a1400

rialtyc1400

royaltya1425

rialc1425

regalityc1450

rialnessc1450

sovereignityc1560

throneship1599

principatie1677

thronedom?1790

sceptredom1878

α.

1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VIII. 279 Þe Scottes seide þat þey knewe non suche sovereynte þat longed to þe kyng of Engelond.

a1400–50 Alexander 1859 So sadly in soueraynete he set neuire his hope.

1457 J. Hardyng Chron. i, in Eng. Hist. Rev. Oct. (1912) 741 Youre Fadir gafe me in commaundement In Scotlonde ryde..To seke his ryght thar for his souereynte.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 273/2 Soveraynte of a kyng, regalité.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. x. sig. Y2^v Had not Androgeus,..Enuious of Vncles soueraintie, Betrayd his countrey.

1601 W. Cornwallis Disc. Seneca sig. A1^v Then must Soueraigntie nourish feare in subiection.

β. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward V f. iiij Manye princes by a longe continued soueraingtee, decline to a proud porte and behaueour.1598 R. Barckley Disc. Felicitie of Man iii. 137 Semiramis..desired the King her husband, that she might raigne with soueraigntie one onely day.1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated ii. xiv. 238 Hee wanne the soueraignty not meerely by the sword.c1670 T. Hobbes Dial. Com. Laws (1681) 39 This Doctrine concerning the rights of soveraignty..is the Antient Common-Law.1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. ii. 39 Yet this Diminutive Rank of Soveraignty remain'd many Ages in the World.1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II I. ix. 268 To grant him the title and dignity of king of Tunis, in compensation for the sovereignty of Greece.1791 T. Paine Rights of Man (ed. 3) i. 168 Monarchical sovereignty, the enemy of mankind, and the source of misery, is abolished.1878 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. I. i. 71 It placed the sovereignty entirely apart from the category of mere human institutions.figurative.1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 Oct. 1/1 He taught Democracy the sovereignty of Duty.

b. transferred. The supreme controlling power in communities not under monarchical government; absolute and independent authority.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > [noun] > supreme authority > in communities not under monarch

sovereignty1860

1860 J. S. Mill Consider. Represent. Govt. (1865) 21/2 That [form of government] in which the sovereignty, or supreme controlling power in the last resort, is vested in the entire aggregate of the community.

1861 Morning Post 27 Nov. The ‘sovereignty’ of every State was subsequently acknowledged in express terms, and is a favourite doctrine of every American writer.

1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 265 Popular sovereignty is naturally the fundamental doctrine of the republic.

4. A territory under the rule of a sovereign, or existing as an independent state.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > [noun] > territory governed by a ruler or state

demesnea1387

principalitya1398

territory?a1439

dominationc1440

statea1500

dominion1512

dition1542

heretochy1587

domain1601

sovereignty1715

possession1797

daimiote1870

ealdormanry1870

1715 London Gaz. No. 5345/3 On pretence of their being situate in the Soveraignty of Alsace.

1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man ii. ii. 115 There were many petty Sovereignties in the Neighbourhood of Canada.

1849 R. Cobden Speeches 72 The United States, with thirty governors, for thirty independent sovereignties.

1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. iii. 133 The country which is now called Scotland was divided among three quite distinct sovereignties.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	sovereignty
释义	sovereigntyn. /ˈsɒvrɪnti/ Forms: (see sovereign n. and adj.). Etymology: < Anglo-Norman sovereyneté, soverentee, = Old French souveraineté (modern French souvraineté ): see sovereign n. and adj. and -ty suffix¹. The quality or condition of being sovereign. 1. Supremacy or pre-eminence in respect of excellence or efficacy. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > surpassing excellence > [noun] pricea1275 sovereigntyc1340 primacyc1384 sublimityc1429 vassalagec1430 precellence?a1439 pre-excellencec1450 pre-eminencec1460 superexcellencec1475 chief1519 pre-eminency1523 greaterness1540 precellency1557 superexcellency?1563 divinenessa1586 superancya1586 sublimenessa1599 pre-excellency1603 especialness1614 transcendencea1616 transcendency1615 transcendentness1625 top1627 antecellency1657 quality1665 transcendingness1730 transcendentalism1841 surpassingness1879 transcendentality1881 c1340 R. Rolle Prose Treat. 14 Þe ende and þe soueraynte of perfeccione standes in a verray anehede of Godd. c1403 J. Lydgate Curia Sap. (Caxton) a ij I symple shall extoll theyr soueraynte And my rudenes shall shewe theyr subtylyte. 1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes iv. Prol. Which..dyd excel In Rethorike by suffreinte of style. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 4^v His sufferaigntie is, that being..borne aboute a man, [it] keepeth him safe. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 232 Of all complexions the culd soueraigntie, Do meete as at a faire in her faire cheeke. View more context for this quotation 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie ii. iii. 43 By the Soueraigntie of these partitions being interposed betweene them. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. iii. 222 Some prescriptions Of rare and prou'd effects, such as his reading..had collected For generall soueraigntie . View more context for this quotation 2. Supremacy in respect of power, domination, or rank; supreme dominion, authority, or rule. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [noun] > supreme authority sovereigntyc1374 thronea1382 chiefnessc1420 superiority1449 suzeraintyc1470 sovereignness1532 supremity1536 supremacy1547 monarchy1585 autocracy1659 paramountcy1667 sovranty1667 paramountship1735 sovereignship1817 eminent domain1850 overmastery1901 the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [noun] > sovereignty or rule kingdomc1250 sovereignty1754 theonomy1890 α. c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 171 Ye shul no more have sovereynte Of my love, than right in this cas is. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 104 Till I hadde wonne The love and sovereinete Of what knyht that..Alle othre passeth. c1430 J. Lydgate in Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 46 Crafft may shewe a foreyn apparence; But nature ay must have the sovereynte. 1475 Bk. Noblesse (Roxb.) 51 God hathe gyve that souvereynte in mannys soule. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 273/2 Soveraynte that a lorde or a superiour hath, sovuerainté. 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 129 The Pryor of Christes Churche pretended to haue..a soueraintie ouer S. Martines. β. ?1545 H. Rhodes Bk. Nurture sig. Cii^v Prayse not thy selfe bycause thou woldest haue souereynte.1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Apr. 122 Gloss. The chiefedome and soueraigntye of al flowres.a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iv. vii. 35 As is the Aspray to the Fish, who takes it By Soueraignty of Nature. View more context for this quotation1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman ii. xxii. 355 Which causeth choller to have soveraignty and dominion over the other humours.1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 83 Joves own Tree, That holds the Woods in awful Sov'raignty . View more context for this quotation1718 Free-thinker No. 50. 2 The Romans..acquired the Sovereignty of the Sea.1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will iv. vii. 233 The Sovereignty of God is his Ability and Authority to do whatever pleases Him.1822 P. B. Shelley Hellas 10 The sage..May have attained to sovereignty and science Over those strong and secret things.1860 R. W. Emerson Power in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 56 As long as our people quote English standards, they will miss the sovereignty of power.γ. 14.. in Tundale's Vis. (1903) 200 Where neest thi son thou hast souerente.c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 466/1 Soverente, superioritas.1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 51 O lorde almyhte which hast overe al Soverente.δ. 1460 Pol., Rel., & L. Poems (1903) 200 More-ouer I yave the suffrauntè that alle Bestis shoulde bowe þe vntyll.1486 in J. Raine Vol. Eng. Misc. N. Counties Eng. (1890) 54 Unto whome..all other floures shall lowte, and evidently yeve suffranti.a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xx. sig. g.vi Bycause that Werburge, in order was senyoure Her mother Ermenylde, gaue her the sufferaynte. 3. a. spec. The position, rank, or power of a supreme ruler or monarch; royal authority or dominion. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [noun] > royal or princely authority richeeOE kingdomOE richdomOE crownc1175 principalityc1350 realtya1375 regala1375 majestyc1375 thronea1382 sceptre1382 principatec1384 sovereignty1387 regalya1393 diadema1400 regalty?a1400 rialtyc1400 royaltya1425 rialc1425 regalityc1450 rialnessc1450 sovereignityc1560 throneship1599 principatie1677 thronedom?1790 sceptredom1878 α. 1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VIII. 279 Þe Scottes seide þat þey knewe non suche sovereynte þat longed to þe kyng of Engelond. a1400–50 Alexander 1859 So sadly in soueraynete he set neuire his hope. 1457 J. Hardyng Chron. i, in Eng. Hist. Rev. Oct. (1912) 741 Youre Fadir gafe me in commaundement In Scotlonde ryde..To seke his ryght thar for his souereynte. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 273/2 Soveraynte of a kyng, regalité. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. x. sig. Y2^v Had not Androgeus,..Enuious of Vncles soueraintie, Betrayd his countrey. 1601 W. Cornwallis Disc. Seneca sig. A1^v Then must Soueraigntie nourish feare in subiection. β. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward V f. iiij Manye princes by a longe continued soueraingtee, decline to a proud porte and behaueour.1598 R. Barckley Disc. Felicitie of Man iii. 137 Semiramis..desired the King her husband, that she might raigne with soueraigntie one onely day.1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated ii. xiv. 238 Hee wanne the soueraignty not meerely by the sword.c1670 T. Hobbes Dial. Com. Laws (1681) 39 This Doctrine concerning the rights of soveraignty..is the Antient Common-Law.1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. ii. 39 Yet this Diminutive Rank of Soveraignty remain'd many Ages in the World.1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II I. ix. 268 To grant him the title and dignity of king of Tunis, in compensation for the sovereignty of Greece.1791 T. Paine Rights of Man (ed. 3) i. 168 Monarchical sovereignty, the enemy of mankind, and the source of misery, is abolished.1878 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. I. i. 71 It placed the sovereignty entirely apart from the category of mere human institutions.figurative.1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 Oct. 1/1 He taught Democracy the sovereignty of Duty. b. transferred. The supreme controlling power in communities not under monarchical government; absolute and independent authority. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [noun] > supreme authority > in communities not under monarch sovereignty1860 1860 J. S. Mill Consider. Represent. Govt. (1865) 21/2 That [form of government] in which the sovereignty, or supreme controlling power in the last resort, is vested in the entire aggregate of the community. 1861 Morning Post 27 Nov. The ‘sovereignty’ of every State was subsequently acknowledged in express terms, and is a favourite doctrine of every American writer. 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 265 Popular sovereignty is naturally the fundamental doctrine of the republic. 4. A territory under the rule of a sovereign, or existing as an independent state. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > [noun] > territory governed by a ruler or state demesnea1387 principalitya1398 territory?a1439 dominationc1440 statea1500 dominion1512 dition1542 heretochy1587 domain1601 sovereignty1715 possession1797 daimiote1870 ealdormanry1870 1715 London Gaz. No. 5345/3 On pretence of their being situate in the Soveraignty of Alsace. 1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man ii. ii. 115 There were many petty Sovereignties in the Neighbourhood of Canada. 1849 R. Cobden Speeches 72 The United States, with thirty governors, for thirty independent sovereignties. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. iii. 133 The country which is now called Scotland was divided among three quite distinct sovereignties. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1340
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