Crossword clues for sovereign
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sovereign \Sov"er*eign\ (? or ?; 277), a. [OE. soverain, sovereyn, OF. soverain, suvrain, F. souverain, LL. superanus, fr. L. superus that is above, upper, higher, fr. super above. See Over, Super, and cf. Soprano. The modern spelling is due to a supposed connection with reign.]
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.
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Princely; royal. ``Most sovereign name.''
--Shak.At Babylon was his sovereign see.
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Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.
We acknowledge him [God] our sovereign good.
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Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; controlling; as, a sovereign remedy.
--Dryden.Such a sovereign influence has this passion upon the regulation of the lives and actions of men.
--South.Sovereign state, a state which administers its own government, and is not dependent upon, or subject to, another power.
Sovereign \Sov"er*eign\ (? or ?; 277), n.
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The person, body, or state in which independent and supreme authority is vested; especially, in a monarchy, a king, queen, or emperor.
No question is to be made but that the bed of the Mississippi belongs to the sovereign, that is, to the nation.
--Jefferson. 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.
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(Zo["o]l.) Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy.
Syn: King; prince; monarch; potentate; emperor.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 13c., "superior, ruler, master," from Old French soverain "sovereign, lord, ruler," noun use of adjective meaning "highest, supreme, chief" (see sovereign (adj.)). Meaning "gold coin worth 22s 6d" first recorded late 15c.; value changed 1817 to 1 pound.
early 14c., "great, superior, supreme," from Old French soverain "highest, supreme, chief," from Vulgar Latin *superanus "chief, principal" (source also of Spanish soberano, Italian soprano), from Latin super "over" (see super-). Spelling influenced by folk-etymology association with reign. Milton spelled it sovran, as though from Italian sovrano. Of remedies or medicines, "potent in a high degree," from late 14c.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Exercising power of rule. 2 Exceptional in quality. 3 (context now rare English) Extremely potent or effective (of a medicine, remedy etc.). 4 Having supreme, ultimate power. 5 Princely; royal. 6 Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount. n. 1 A monarch; the ruler of a country. 2 One who is not a subject to a ruler or nation. 3 A gold coin of the United Kingdom, with a nominal value of one pound sterling but in practice used as a bullion coin. 4 A very large champagne bottle with the capacity of about 25 liters, equivalent to 33⅓ standard bottles. 5 Any butterfly of the tribe ''(taxlink Nymphalini tribe noshow=1)'', or genus (taxlink Basilarchia genus noshow=1), as the (vern: ursula) and the viceroy.
WordNet
adj. of political bodies; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state" [syn: autonomous, independent, self-governing]
greatest in status or authority or power; "a supreme tribunal" [syn: supreme]
n. a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right [syn: crowned head, monarch]
Wikipedia
A sovereign is the supreme lawmaking authority sovereignty its jurisdiction.
Sovereign may also refer to:
- Head of state
- Monarch, the sovereign of a monarchy
- Fount of honour for honours and decorations
- Sovereign, Saskatchewan, community in Canada
- Sovereign, West Virginia, community in the United States
- Sovereign Bank, banking institution in the United States
- Sovereign (English coin), minted from 1489 to 1604
- Sovereign (British coin), minted from 1817 to the present
- Sovereign Hill, Victoria, Australia
- Sovereign Limited, Insurances company of New Zealand
- Sovereign Pontiff, a title for the Pope
- Sovereign wealth fund, type of investment funds
- Sovereign (building), a building in Burnaby, Canada
The sovereign is a gold coin of the United Kingdom, with a nominal value of one pound sterling. Prior to 1932 it was a fully circulating coin within Britain's then Gold Standard currency. Today it is used as a bullion coin and is sometimes mounted in jewellery. The most valuable sovereign is the British Edward VIII 1937 struck for Edward VIII who abdicated, therefore these coins never entered circulation, and an example of one was purchased at auction in 2014 for £516,000.
Named after the English gold sovereign, last minted in 1604, the name was revived with the Great Recoinage of 1816. Minting these new sovereigns began in 1817. The gold content was fixed by the coin act of 1816 at 1320/5607 (0.235420) troy ounces (7.322381 g), nearly equivalent to 113 grains. This weight has remained almost constant — rounding at 10 g took place on its legal redefinition in the decimalised rather than fractional system of coin weights.
Sovereigns have been minted in the United Kingdom from 1817 to 1917, in 1925, and from 1957 to the present. In the past Australia, Canada, and South Africa all occasionally minted the coins. Today, they are minted at the Royal Mint in Llantrisant, Wales, and under licence by MMTC- PAMP near Delhi, India.
In addition to the sovereign, the Royal Mint also struck ten-shilling half sovereigns, two-pound double sovereigns, and five-pound quintuple sovereign coins. Only the sovereign and the half sovereign were commonly struck for circulation.
In 2009, The Royal Mint released a new coin in the sovereign series: the quarter-sovereign, similar in some ways to the original gold English crown of the rose.
Sovereign, published in 2006, is a historical mystery novel by British author C. J. Sansom. It is Sansom's fourth novel, and the third in the Matthew Shardlake Series. Set in the 16th century during the reign of King Henry VIII, it follows hunchbacked lawyer Matthew Shardlake and his assistant, Jack Barak as they investigate a series of murders and a plot to question the legitimacy of the line of succession to the English throne.
Sovereign was a Massively multiplayer online real-time strategy (MMORTS) game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and cancelled in 2003.
Sovereign would have given each player a home world, to which their forces would retreat when the players signed off. Thus, the developers hoped to prevent players from losing their hard-won resources and valuable units when they signed off. The actual battles would be fought on different planets, each one holding from 15 to 500 players, depending on the size of the planet. A system of specialization would affect how well players did in battle, as well as how effective players were in trading and diplomacy. The game ultimately never made it out of the early development stages and was cancelled in 2003.
Sovereign is an EP by the Oakland, California band Neurosis. As with the previous album, Times of Grace (and each Neurosis album since) it was recorded by Steve Albini at Electric Audio in Chicago, Illinois. The CD contains a mixed-media CD-Rom portion featuring visuals and music reminiscent of their live shows and their work under the Tribes of Neurot moniker. In 2011 Neurot Recordings released a reissue that includes bonus track "Misgiven".
The English gold sovereign was a gold coin of the Kingdom of England first issued in 1489 under King Henry VII. While the coin typically had a nominal value of one pound sterling, or twenty shillings, the sovereign was primarily an official piece of bullion and had no mark of value on its face. The name derives from the large size and majestic portrait of the monarch, with the obverse of the first sovereigns showing the king full face, sitting on a throne, while the reverse shows the Royal Arms of England and a Tudor double rose.
The first sovereigns were of 23- carat (95.83%) gold and weighed 240 grains, or half a troy ounce. King Henry VIII lessened the gold content to 22 carats, or 91.67%, and under the name of crown gold this became the gold coin standard in both the British Isles and the United States. The coin's weight was reduced several times until it was last minted in 1604. Unites, Laurels, broads, and guineas later took its place.
The inscription reads A DNO' FACTU' EST ISTUD ET EST MIRAB' IN OCULIS NRS - abbreviation for A DOMINO FACTUM EST ISTUD ET EST MIRABILE IN OCULIS NOSTRIS (Latin for "This is the Lord's doing and it is marvellous in our eyes", from Psalm 118).
Sovereign (sail number K-12) was the unsuccessful challenger of the 1964 America's Cup for the Royal Thames Yacht Club.
Sovereign is an album by Christian recording artist Michael W. Smith released on May 13, 2014 through Capitol Records. The album debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200 and at No. 1 on the Christian Albums chart.
The album's first single, " You Won't Let Go", was released digitally on February 4, 2014 and it opened at No. 13 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart. Christian singer Kari Jobe is featured on one of the songs on the album.
Sovereign, a skyscraper in Metrotown, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, is a complex building designed and built by Bosa Properties Inc. on Willingdon Aveune and Kingsway. The building is 511 feet/156 metres tall. It has 45 storeys which include hotel and residence space. Sovereign has 202 luxury residences in the upper part of the structure and 169 hotel rooms in the lower part. It also includes 100,000 sq. feet of retail space. It is the tallest building in Burnaby.
Sovereign is a science fiction fantasy novel by Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee, published in June 2013. It is the conclusion in the trilogy, and was preceded by the novels Forbidden in June 2011 and Mortal (novel) in June 2012.
Usage examples of "sovereign".
This was a subterfuge, by the aid of which he intended to open new negotiations respecting the form and conditions of the Regency of his son, in case of the Allied sovereigns acceding to that proposition.
Giulay, one of the generals included in the capitulation of Ulm, had returned home to acquaint his sovereign with the disastrous event.
Besides acquiring by arms such a noble territory in France, besides defending it against continual attempts of the French monarch and all its neighbors, besides exerting many acts of vigor under their present sovereign, they had, about this very time, revived their ancient fame, by the most hazardous exploits, and the moat wonderful successes, in the other extremity of Europe.
Castile to bring supplies and people under hire, and at the earliest opportunity to send also his brother, the Adelantado, to prosecute his discovery and find great things, as he hoped they would be found, to serve our Lord and the Sovereigns.
Now was led forth, amidst the insults of his enemies, and the tears of the people, this man of illustrious birth, and of the greatest renown in the nation, to suffer, for his adhering to the laws of his country, and the rights of his sovereign, the ignominious death destined to the meanest malefactor.
On the proof of the fact, instead of granting, like an ordinary judge, sufficient or ample damages to the plaintiff, the sovereign adjudged to her use and benefit the palace and the ground.
And probably the empress herself might have seen less reason for her admonitions on the subject, had it not been for the circumstance, which was no doubt unfortunate, that the royal family at this time contained no member of a graver age and a settled respectability of character who might, by his example, have tempered the exuberance natural to the extreme youth of the sovereigns and their brothers.
Perhaps he would like to be sovereign over Alata if the Christians of Europe do not want it.
When preparations were made to surrender the fortress to the Christian sovereigns, I was prevailed upon by an alfaqui, a Moorish priest, to aid him in secreting some of the treasures of Boabdil in this vault.
Shadamehr took firm hold of Alise and the knapsack containing the Sovereign Stone and slipped into the darkness.
In the morning the royal captive was presented to Alp Arslan, who doubted of his fortune, till the identity of the person was ascertained by the report of his ambassadors, and by the more pathetic evidence of Basilacius, who embraced with tears the feet of his unhappy sovereign.
Cuthan, Earl of Bryn, for Taras and Bru Mardan, and all their thanes, swear to defend the rights of him holding Hen Amas, to march to war under his command, to gather levies and revenues, to acknowledge him lord and sovereign over its claims and courts and to abide by his judgments in all disputes.
I esteem it also a peculiar advantage, that I succeed to a sovereign whose constant regards for the rights and liberties of his subjects, and whose desire to promote the amelioration of the laws and institutions of the country, have rendered his name the object of general attachment and veneration.
How to her grace I might anon attain, And tell my woe unto my sovereign.
The difference, then, in a word, between the two methods of salvation thus far explained, is this: While both assume that mankind are doomed to death and hell in consequence of the sin of Adam, the one asserts that the interference of Christ of itself saved all souls, the other asserts that that interference cannot save any soul except those whom God, of his sovereign pleasure, had from eternity arbitrarily elected.