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† ˈsovereigness Obs.
Also 6 soueraignnesse, 7 sou-, soveraign-, sovereignesse.
[f. sovereign n. + -ess.]
A female sovereign.
1600Dekker Fortunatus Wks. 1873 I. 90 Most pow'rfull Queene of chaunce, dread soueraignnesse. 1630R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlem. (1641) 67 Whence it grew that the Roman empire became absolute Sovereignesse of many other ample Dominions. 1686tr. Chardin's Coronat. Solyman 83 There remained another sister of Habas II..who in the Kings absence was as it were Sovereigness of the Place. |