Definitions for suzerainty

suzerainty su·ze·rain·ty

Spelling: [soo-zuh-rin-tee, -reyn-]
IPA: /ˈsu zə rɪn ti, -ˌreɪn-/

Suzerainty is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 779 anagrams from letters in suzerainty (aeinrstuyz).

Definitions for suzerainty

noun

  1. the position or authority of a suzerain.
  2. the domain or area subject to a suzerain.

Origin of suzerainty

1815-25; French suzeraineté, Middle French suserenete, equivalent to suseren suzerain + -ete -ity

Examples for suzerainty

Nothing was said as to the "suzerainty of her Majesty" mentioned in the Convention of 1881.

It is governed by a prince who is nominally under the suzerainty of Turkey.

The suzerainty of the Queen-Empress was accepted as a matter of course.

But he was compelled to acknowledge the suzerainty of the Sultan.

Llywelyn the Great refused to dispute the suzerainty of England.

Here he lorded it over the natives, but acknowledged the suzerainty of the Spaniards.

Turkish suzerainty affected them only to the extent that it isolated them from the world.

He revived the obsolete claim to suzerainty, and pretended that the Scots were rebels.

But they've been intriguing for years to re-establish the suzerainty they once had over it.

Their chief aim was to remove the suzerainty of the Senate over them.

Word Value for suzerainty
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