Sovereignties

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sovereignty \Sov"er*eign*ty\, n.; pl. {Sovereignties}. [OE.
     soverainetee, OF. sovrainet['e], F. souverainet['e].]
     The quality or state of being sovereign, or of being a
     sovereign; the exercise of, or right to exercise, supreme
     power; dominion; sway; supremacy; independence; also, that
     which is sovereign; a sovereign state; as, Italy was formerly


     divided into many sovereignties.
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           Woman desiren to have sovereignty
           As well over their husband as over their love.
                                                    --Chaucer.
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