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eign state; as, Italy was formerly divided into many sovereignties. Woman desiren to have sovereignty As well over their husband as over their love. Chaucer.

r condition; uncontrolled; unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority, monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command; absolute power; an absolute monarch.

To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet. [R.] Pausanias, ambitioning the sovereignty of Greece, bargains with Xerxes for his daughter in marriage. Trumbull.

Political independence or absolute sovereignty (of a state); autonomy. Barlow.

The sovereignty of reason in the sphere of morals; or man's power, as possessed of reason, to give law to himself. In this, according to Kant, consist the true nature and only possible proof of liberty. Fleming.

The title of a heathen deity to whom the Jews ascribed the sovereignty of the evil spirits; hence, the Devil or a devil. See Baal.

ign; 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.

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

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

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

he power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty; supremacy. I praised and honored him that liveth forever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion. Dan. iv. 34. To choose between dominion or slavery. Jowett (Thucyd. ).

The wife or widow of a duke; also, a lady who has the sovereignty of a duchy in her own right.

Sovereignty; lordship; dominion. Johnson.

al designation; a symbol; as, a balance is an emblem of justice; a scepter, the emblem of sovereignty or power; a circle, the emblem of eternity. "His cicatrice, an emblem of war, here on his sinister cheek." Shak.

referment. Milton. You 've too a woman's heart, which ever yet Affected eminence, wealth, sovereignty. Shak.

Empire; sovereignty; dominion. [Archaic] Shak. Struggling for my woman's empery. Mrs. Browning.

Supreme power; sovereignty; sway; dominion. "The empire of the sea." Shak. Over hell extend His empire, and with iron scepter rule. Milton.

he general interest; state affairs. [Obs.] I call matters of estate not only the parts of sovereignty, but whatsoever . . . concerneth manifestly any great portion of people. Bacon.

The surrender or delivery of an alleged criminal by one State or sovereignty to another having jurisdiction to try charge.