sovereign
berdaulat
definition
noun
In India, however, she was an empress, a supreme sovereign to whom other sovereigns owed homage.
a supreme ruler, especially a monarch.
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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
In this country, the Constitution is 'sovereign' , and the Supreme Court speaks for the Constitution.
But it is not the right of the American government to interfere in the 'sovereign' affairs of another nation.
We are called to serve the 'sovereign' Lord as tools in his hand.
A 1oz South African krugerrand costs about €275 and a British 'sovereign' about €110.
Its governance structure would be bottom-up, power ultimately based on 'sovereign' individuals.
Would any self-respecting 'sovereign' nation accept such blatant intervention in its internal political affairs?
I also recognize that some of the 'sovereign' nations of this assembly disagreed with our actions.
Governments, enjoying the full powers of a 'sovereign' Parliament, usually have a different vantage point from the opposition parties.
He professed that the Emperor was the true 'sovereign' of Japan.
We, who are as good as you, swear to you, who are no better than us, to accept you as our king and 'sovereign' lord, provided you observe all our liberties and laws.
Our borders need protecting, like any 'sovereign' nation.
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.
We, the People, are 'sovereign' over utility lobbyists, and we can have the energy future we want.
During his presidency, Federalists lit bonfires and held balls in his honor, carrying over earlier British practices of honoring the birthday of the 'sovereign' .
It is supposed to secure obedience to the slaveholder, and is held as a 'sovereign' remedy among the slaves themselves, for every form of disobedience, temporal or spiritual.
Over ten former Soviet republics became independent, 'sovereign' nation-states by the end of 1991.
Since God created the heaven and the earth, He must be either, or both, superior to and 'sovereign' over His creation.
Popular belief credits shark liver pills with being a 'sovereign' remedy for illness ranging from arthritis to diabetes.
George II was the absolute ruler of a medium-sized German state, Hanover, as well as being the British 'sovereign' .
How is Jesus of Nazareth related to the God who created all things other than Himself by His almighty, 'sovereign' power?
It was a 'sovereign' country and a democratic one, and would brook no interference in its internal affairs.
The only currency to retain confidence was the gold 'sovereign' , which had been shipped into Greece in large quantities by the British authorities to finance resistance activities.
Self-consciousness then began to shape its social world too, a process culminating in the discovery that reason is 'sovereign' over everything.
Unusually for a British 'sovereign' , George was at ease with intellectuals and country people alike.
In 1971 the Icelandic government unilaterally declared that it was henceforth 'sovereign' over the waters up to 50 nautical miles from its coasts.
From the religious perspective it is God who is 'sovereign' and not the people.
In a purely free society, each individual is 'sovereign' over his own person and property.
Members of the House of Hanover continue to seek the British 'sovereign' 's approval when they marry, in accordance with the Royal Marriages Act 1772.
As a 'sovereign' nation, we must develop an autonomous defense capacity of our own.
We too readily forget, though, that in a republic it is we, the people, who hold the 'sovereign' power.
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