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made; specifically, an agreement, league, or contract between two or more nations or sovereigns, formally signed by commissioners properly authorized, and solemnly ratified by the several sovereigns, or the supreme power of each state; an agreement between two or more independent states; as, a treaty of peace; a treat…

Continuing three years; as, triennial parliaments; a triennial reign. Howell.

ing ceremonial performed in honor of a general who had gained a decisive victory over a foreign enemy.

and credits, in the hands of a third person; -- called, in some States, the process of foreign attachment, garnishment, or factorizing process. [U. S.]

The board or department of foreign affairs in the Chinese government. See Yamen.

, descended from Owen Tudor of Wales, who married the widowed queen of Henry V. The first reigning Tudor was Henry VII.; the last, Elizabeth. Tudor style (Arch.), the latest development of Gothic architecture in England, under the Tudors, characterized by flat four-centered arches, shallow moldings, and a profusion of…

equivalent to two pennies, -- minted to a fixed annual amount, for almsgiving by the sovereign on Maundy Thursday.

le by which the shogun, or former commander in chief of the Japanese army, was known to foreigners.

An absolute ruler; a sovereign unrestrained by law or constitution; a usurper of sovereignty.

A foreigner; an outlander. [South Africa]

One who resides beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps; a foreigner.

Not alloyed; not reduced by foreign admixture; unmixed; unqualified; pure; as, unalloyed metals; unalloyed happiness. I enjoyed unalloyed satisfaction in his company. Mitford.

Unknown; strange, or foreign; unusual, or surprising; distant in manner; reserved. [Scot.]

or quality of being unfriendly; unfriendliness; enmity. An act of unfriendship to my sovereign person. Sir W. Scott.

A gold coin of the reign of James I., of the value of twenty shillings. Camden.

ike; to cause to agree; to harmonize; to associate; to attach. Under his great vicegerent reign abide, United as one individual soul. Milton. The king proposed nothing more than to unite his kingdom in one form of worship. Clarendon.

To deprive of the character or authority of a prince; to divest of principality of sovereignty. [R.] Swift.

Having never visited foreign countries; not having gained knowledge or experience by travel; as, an untraveled Englishman. Addison.

To rear, or bring up; to nurse. "Upbred in a foreign country." Holinshed.

erpent's head and neck, represented on the front of the headdresses of divinities and sovereigns as an emblem of supreme power.