1. Noun
The quality or state of being sovereign, or of being a sovereign; the exercise of, or right to exercise, supreme power; dominion; sway; supremacy; independence; also, that which is sovereign; a sovereign state; as, Italy was formerly divided into many sovereignties.
2. Noun
royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
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3. Noun
government free from external control
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4. Noun
the authority of a state to govern another state
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