sovereign
ಸಾರ್ವಭೌಮ
definition
noun
In India, however, she was an empress, a supreme sovereign to whom other sovereigns owed homage.
a supreme ruler, especially a monarch.
How can I find the latest prices for Krugerrands and gold sovereigns ?
a former British gold coin worth one pound sterling, now only minted for commemorative purposes.
adjective
in modern democracies the people's will is in theory sovereign
possessing supreme or ultimate power.
example
George II was the absolute ruler of a medium-sized German state, Hanover, as well as being the British 'sovereign' .
Thus God is entirely 'sovereign' and humans are responsible for their deeds.
Its governance structure would be bottom-up, power ultimately based on 'sovereign' individuals.
Those two distinguished judges had held the view that Parliament and not the people was the 'sovereign' power, contrary to the view held by Thomas Paine and the French revolutionaries.
Our borders need protecting, like any 'sovereign' nation.
They do not seem to have this problem with the Republic of Ireland, a 'sovereign' nation which is miles ahead of Scotland in national identity and national global branding and marketing.
We're an independent 'sovereign' country and that's very important to Monaco.
The relay offers an opportunity for millions of people to be directly involved in the games and celebrate the Queen's 50 years as British 'sovereign' .
Even under existing arrangements, the demand within the EU is that 'sovereign' nations submit themselves to intellectual and political uniformity.
The writer realised they were weary and had lost heart, so he administers the 'sovereign' remedy for that condition.
Governments, enjoying the full powers of a 'sovereign' Parliament, usually have a different vantage point from the opposition parties.
You and I shall become a good team working for the good of our 'sovereign' lord, His Majesty, may he live ten thousand years.
Are we an independent and 'sovereign' country, or are we still a camouflaged colony of the superpowers?
Even in the eighteenth century, when he had lost all power, the Mughal emperor was seen as the natural 'sovereign' of Hindustan.
Self-consciousness then began to shape its social world too, a process culminating in the discovery that reason is 'sovereign' over everything.
But it is not the right of the American government to interfere in the 'sovereign' affairs of another nation.
Our early governors-general were British, and they were appointed by the 'sovereign' on the advice of British ministers.
Since God created the heaven and the earth, He must be either, or both, superior to and 'sovereign' over His creation.
I saw God as He really is - the 'sovereign' , all powerful Potentate.
A 1oz South African krugerrand costs about €275 and a British 'sovereign' about €110.
However, the mission marks another dramatic shift away from a general policy of non-intervention in the affairs of 'sovereign' nations.
If the people are the sovereign in today's Russia, then limiting their 'sovereign' power in the name of Russia's sovereignty is absolutely absurd.
The Solomon Islands is an independent 'sovereign' country.
Parliament is 'sovereign' , and, under parliamentary authority, regulation of almost anything can occur.
Would any self-respecting 'sovereign' nation accept such blatant intervention in its internal political affairs?
But this Parliament needs to be quite determined that it finally is 'sovereign' over this country.
In 1971 the Icelandic government unilaterally declared that it was henceforth 'sovereign' over the waters up to 50 nautical miles from its coasts.
Over ten former Soviet republics became independent, 'sovereign' nation-states by the end of 1991.
In this country, the Constitution is 'sovereign' , and the Supreme Court speaks for the Constitution.
In a purely free society, each individual is 'sovereign' over his own person and property.
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