† sovereignnessn.
/ˈsɒvrᵻnnəs/, U.S. /ˈsɑv(ə)rə(n)nəs/, /ˈsɑvər(n)nəs/ Obsolete.
The state or condition of being sovereign.
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society > authority > [noun] > supreme authority
sovereigntyc1374
thronea1382
chiefnessc1420
superiority1449
suzeraintyc1470
sovereignness1532
supremity1536
supremacy1547
monarchy1585
autocracy1659
paramountcy1667
sovranty1667
paramountship1735
sovereignship1817
eminent domain1850
overmastery1901
the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > [noun] > supreme
sovereignnessa1661
1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer ii. f. cccxxxvii v But souerainnesse ayenwarde shulde thynke in this wyse: I am seruaunt of these creatures to me delyuered.
1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 190 The body is the couer, and in it The minds internall soueraignnesse doth sit, As a great Princesse.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Warw. 115 I confess it far short in Sovereigness against Serpents of the Italian Ash.
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