sub-sovereignn.adj.
/ˈsʌbˌsɒvr(ᵻ)n/, /ˌsʌbˈsɒvr(ᵻ)n/, U.S. /ˈˌsəbˈˌsɑv(ə)rən/, /ˈˌsəbˈˌsɑvərn/ A. n.
A subordinate or lesser sovereign or ruler. Now historical and rare.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > [noun] > inferior
under-sovereigna1680
sub-sovereign1797
1797 J. Horn Hist. or Descr. Burghley House 121 Though she [sc. Queen Elizabeth] was sovereign of the whole Kingdom,..every man..was a sort of sub-sovereign, in his own castle.
1828 Message of His Excellency Governor 32 The proprietors were substituted in the place of the duke..and became the sub-sovereigns of the territory.
1876 W. E. Gladstone Homeric Synchronism 124 Under the supremacy of Troy and of Priam, Anchises their king, seems to have been a sub-sovereign.
1914 T. P. Whittaker Ownership, Tenure & Taxation v. 164 The Saxon Earls or Thanes and the Norman feudal nobles were of the nature of sub-sovereigns.
B. adj.
1. Subordinate to a sovereign authority, body, etc.; spec. designating a regional or local government body.
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1854 H. Hughes Treat. Sociol. vi. viii. 279 This labor is necessary and must be done by either the sovereign or the sub-sovereign race.
1905 Times 14 June 10/4 They asked that they should be recognized as a sub-sovereign body of the Order.
1971 Rev. Politics 33 311 The organization of men into subsovereign and semiautonomous municipal and professional associations.
2011 D. Waughray Water Security viii. 177 Finance ministries should give sub-sovereign bodies (e.g., local governments, water authorities) enough financial freedom to carry out their tasks.
2. Banking. Of or relating to commercial lending to a sub-sovereign government body. Cf. sovereign adj. 5d.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [adjective] > types of loan
self-liquidating1851
non-recourse1905
bridging1930
tied1958
underwater1975
sovereign1977
single currency1978
roll-up1983
self-certified1989
sub-sovereign1991
subprime1993
1991 Bond Buyer 7 June 3/1 Many changes are brewing in the Japanese financial markets that make the prospect of selling sub-sovereign debt to a broad customer base appealing.
1998 Financial Times 15 June 28/3 Growing difficulties in the $1.5bn sub-sovereign regional agrobond market.
2010 J. Toubkiss in B. van Vliet Social Perspectives on Sanitation Challenge x. 168 Long term, local currency, sub-sovereign lending should be developed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.1797