sovranty
- a word derived from sovran.
Example Sentences
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Hearest thou the rage and scorn 'Gainst the Lord of Many Voices, Him of mortal mother born, Him in whom man's heart rejoices, Girt with garlands and with glee, First in Heaven's sovranty?
From Hippolytus/The Bacchae by Euripides
A noble and illustrious king assumed the sovranty and rule of Erinn, namely Cormac, grandson of Conn of the Hundred Battles.
From The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland by Reid, Stephen
Allah prolong thy days and increase thy sovranty and exalt thy rank, O thou auspicious King!
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Even so it is with sovranty: if a subject err, he harmeth himself more than the state.
From Barlaam and Ioasaph by John of Damascus, Saint
Is it the Rock that broods Over the sundered floods Of Corinth, the ancient portal Of Pelops' sovranty?'
From The Trojan women of Euripides by Euripides
