SOVEREIGNLY
Etymology
Adverb
sovereignly (comparative more sovereignly, superlative most sovereignly)
(archaic) To the highest degree; wholly; utterly
Source: Wiktionary
Sov"er*eign*ly, adv.
Definition: In a sovereign manner; in the highest degree; supremely. Chaucer.
SOVEREIGN
Sov"er*eign ( or ; 277), a. Etym: [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.]
1. Supreme or highest in power; superior to all others; chief; as, our sovereign prince.
2. Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing, or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a sovereign state; a sovereign discretion.
3. Princely; royal. "Most sovereign name." Shak. At Babylon was his sovereign see. Chaucer.
4. Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount. We acknowledge him [God] our sovereign good. Hooker.
5. 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.
Sov"er*eign ( or ; 277), n.
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy.
Syn.
– King; prince; monarch; potentate; emperor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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