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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-247/
- Published: 2020-09-29T17:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-09-28T08:56:25.000Z
- Author: Peter Andersen
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38

The word for today is…

sovereignty (noun) – 1\. Supremacy of authority or rule as exercised by a sovereign or sovereign state.

1. Royal rank, authority, or power.
2. Complete independence and self-government.
3. A territory existing as an independent state.

Source : [The Free Dictionary](https://www.thefreedictionary.com/sovereignty?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : mid-14th century, “pre-eminence,” from Anglo-French sovereynete, Old French souverainete, from soverain. Meaning “authority, rule, supremacy of power or rank” is recorded from late 14th century; sense of “existence as an independent state” is from 1715.

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