sovereignty Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun government free from external control
  2. noun royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
    reign.
  3. noun the authority of a state to govern another state

WordNet

Sov"er*eign*ty noun
Etymology
OE. soverainetee, OF. sovraineté, F. souveraineté.
Wordforms
plural Sovereignties
Definitions
  1. 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.
    Woman desiren to have sovereignty As well over their husband as over their love. Chaucer.

Webster 1913