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suzerainty|ˈs(j)uːzərəntɪ|
Also 5 suserente.
[In sense 1, a. OF. suserenete; in sense 2, f. suzerain + -ty, after mod.F. suzeraineté.]
†1. ? Supremacy. Obs.
c1470in Bagford Ballads (1880) I. 520* Whyche cause gyueth cause to me & myne To serue yt hart of suserente.
2. The position, rank, or power of a suzerain.
Appears first in Fr. or semi-Fr. form.
1823Scott Peveril xxiii, The family of Peveril, who thereby chose to intimate their ancient suzerainté over the whole country. 1840Penny Cycl. XVIII. 318/1 Albert's successors continued to recognise the suzeraineté of Poland till the treaty of Velau (1657). 1870Spectator 19 Nov. 137 It would be far cheaper to buy from the Sultan the only right which forces us to his side—the suzerainté of Egypt.
1845S. Austin Ranke's Hist. Ref. II. 381 He promised to renounce all his claims..on the suzerainty of Flanders. 1862Hook Lives Abps. II. ii. 124 He..sought to advance the Pope's claim to a spiritual suzerainty. 1874Green Short Hist. iv. §3. 182 The Scotch lords..formally admitted Edward's direct suzerainty. 1874Stubbs Const. Hist. I. i. 4 Its character of nominal suzerainty is exchanged for that of absolute sovereignty. 1881Convention of Pretoria (in Times 5 Aug. 3/4) Complete self-government, subject to the suzerainty of Her Majesty,..will be accorded to the inhabitants of the Transvaal territory. 1884Ld. Derby Sp. Ho. Lords 17 Mar., A certain controlling power is retained when the State which exercises this Suzerainty has a right to veto any negotiations into which the dependent State may enter with Foreign Powers. |