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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

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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