overlordship
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For 1,000 years, the Lithuanian state had a long and tortured history of kingdom, empire, union with Poland and overlordship by Russia.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2022
And he claims that Magna Carta guaranteed Scotland's survival as an independent state by reversing efforts by John to assert feudal overlordship of the kingdom.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2014
After the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the town came under the overlordship of the Grand Duchy of Baden.
From New York Times ● May 15, 2012
In that case Lord Beaverbrook was expected to assume the overlordship of the Ministry of Information.
From Time Magazine Archive
They are aware that a change of overlordship means simply that they will be doing the same work as before for new masters who treat them in the same manner as the old ones.
From "1984" by George Orwell
For by this means he thinks to make himself feared so that he may acquire cities and overlordships as the price of peace.
From The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere by Coster, Charles de
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