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An agreement made between the pope and a sovereign or government for the regulation of ecclesiastical matters with which both are concerned; as, the concordat between Pope Pius VIL and Bonaparte in

ension of hostilities, or between states; also, a formal agreement between governments or sovereign powers; as, a postal convetion between two governments. This convention, I think from my soul, is nothing but a stipulation for national ignominy; a truce without a suspension of hostilities. Ld. Chatham. The convention…

The act or solemnity of crowning a sovereign; the act of investing a prince with the insignia of royalty, on his succeeding to the sovereignty.

and character of a crown; particularly, a crown worn as the mark of high rank lower than sovereignty. The word is used by Shakespeare to denote also a kingly crown. Without a star, a coronet, or garter. Goldsmith.

An obligation to perform certain services, as the repair of roads, for the lord or sovereign.

A reception held at the time of going to bed, as by a sovereign or great prince. [Obs.] Dryden. The duke's levees and couchees were so crowded that the antechambers were full. Bp. Burnet.

A member of council; one appointed to advise a sovereign or chief magistrate.

The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or ether dignitary; a palace. Attends the emperor in his royal court. Shak. This our court, infected with their manners, Shows like a riotous inn. Shak.

. The balconies and verandas were crowded with spectators, anxious to behold their future sovereign. Prescott.

A royal headdress or cap of sovereignty, worn by emperors, kings, princes, etc.

The court of a sovereign or of a feudal lord; also; his residence or his household. Burrill.

A member of a curia, esp. of that of Rome or the later Italian sovereignties.

mitted; a letting down; a lowering; dejection. "Demission of mind." Hammond. Demission of sovereign authority. L'Estrange.

ralizing themselves, or, in other words, of publicly renouncing their allegiance to their sovereign, and of enlisting under the banners of his enemy. Prescott.

The act of setting aside a sovereign or a public officer; deprivation of authority and dignity; displacement; removal.

A master; a lord; especially, an absolute or irresponsible ruler or sovereign. Irresponsible power in human hands so naturally leads to it, that cruelty has become associated with despot and tyrant. C. J. Smith.

Regal power; sovereignty; empire; -- considered as symbolized by the crown.

peak as a superior; to command; to impose conditions (on). Who presumed to dictate to the sovereign. Macaulay.

of distinction; characteristic quality; specific attribute. The marks and differences of sovereignty. Davies.

To dethrone; to depose from sovereign authority. Milton.