Definition of Sovereign

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Sovereign

Supreme or highest in power; superior to all others; chief; as, our sovereign prince.

Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing, or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a sovereign state; a sovereign discretion.

Princely; royal.

Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.

Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; controlling; as, a sovereign remedy.

The person, body, or state in which independent and supreme authority is vested; especially, in a monarchy, a king, queen, or emperor.

A gold coin of Great Britain, on which an effigy of the head of the reigning king or queen is stamped, valued at one pound sterling, or about $4.86.

Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy.

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Sovereign Quotations

The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.
Sun Tzu

The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice.
Voltaire

The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign power.
Alfred Lord Tennyson

I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have in it now. I believe it has a glorious future before it - not just another sovereign nation, but as an embodiment of the great ideals of our civilization.
Harry S. Truman

In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Secondly, a just cause. Thirdly, a rightful intention.
Saint Thomas Aquinas

The people are the government, administering it by their agents; they are the government, the sovereign power.
Andrew Jackson

Alien - an American sovereign in his probationary state.
Ambrose Bierce

To every people the land is given on condition. Perceived or not, there is a Covenant, beyond the constitution, beyond sovereign guarantee, beyond the nation's sweetest dreams of itself.
Leonard Cohen

The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.
William James

Sovereign Translations

sovereign in Dutch is oppermachtig, soeverein, oppermachtig
sovereign in German is Herrscher
sovereign in Spanish is soberano

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