Definitions for sovereignties

sovereignties sov·er·eign·ty

Spelling: [sov-rin-tee, suhv-]
IPA: /ˈsɒv rɪn ti, ˈsʌv-/

Sovereignties is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 1165 anagrams from letters in sovereignties (eeegiinorsstv).

Definitions for sovereignties

noun

  1. the quality or state of being sovereign, or of having supreme power or authority.
  2. the status, dominion, power, or authority of a sovereign;royal rank or position; royalty.
  3. supreme and independent power or authority in government as possessed or claimed by a state or community.
  4. rightful status, independence, or prerogative.
  5. a sovereign or independent state, community, or political unit.

Origin of sovereignties

1300-50; Middle English soverainte Anglo-French sovereynete (Old French soverainete), equivalent to soverain sovereign + -ete -ty2

Examples for sovereignties

But the duration of their sovereignty was as a summer cloud or morning dew.

All the money, all the sovereignty, would be his; he henceforth would reign.

It came about through Don John of Austria's dreams of sovereignty.

It is now a so called Crown Dependency, meaning it falls under the sovereignty of  the British Crown, but is not part of the U.K.

“sovereignty, I argued, cannot be conceived as the right to kill millions of innocent people,” Lemkin wrote in his notebooks.

And whether he would or not nobody could tell; it was all sovereignty.

The framers in 1787 were wary of sovereignty, and tried to divide, distance, check and balance its exercise.

We will not use our friendship to impose on their sovereignty, for our own sovereignty is not for sale.

The tagline for the Museum is “Paz, Memoria, y Sobernía”: Peace, Memory and sovereignty.

Despite competing claims made by the British government and nearby Antigua, the rock island maintained its sovereignty.

Word Value for sovereignties
Scrable

18

Words with friends

20

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