suzerainty
the position or authority of a suzerain.
the domain or area subject to a suzerain.
Origin of suzerainty
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How to use suzerainty in a sentence
Tatar control—part occupation and part suzerainty over impotent, tribute-paying Russian principalities—lasted more than 200 years.
Russian History Is on Our Side: Putin Will Surely Screw Himself | P. J. O’Rourke | May 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSince then, Laon continued as a sovereign ecclesiastical seigniory, but always under the suzerainty of the French King.
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman | Eugne SueThe suzerainty of England, feeble at best, had gradually been limited to a mere fraction of the country.
Is Ulster Right? | AnonymousMordred had become a chieftain of the Picts, and he possibly resented any claims of suzerainty on the part of Arthur.
The Cornwall Coast | Arthur L. SalmonCharles brought himself, or at any rate he was to bring himself later, to recognise the suzerainty of the King of England.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2) | Anatole France
Then it wades through all the mire of academic squabble re suzerainty, etc.
Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed (2nd ed.) | C. H. Thomas
British Dictionary definitions for suzerainty
/ (ˈsuːzərəntɪ) /
the position, power, or dignity of a suzerain
the relationship between suzerain and subject
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