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Oengus, the Culdee, whose poem has been already referred to, says of it— “Rathcroghan hath vanished With Ailill, offspring of victory; A fair sovranty above Kingdoms Is in Cluain’s city.”

From Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland by Russell, T. O.

The three kings and three queens of the Danaans, with many of their people, are slain, and the children of Miled—the last of the mythical invaders of Ireland—enter upon the sovranty of Ireland.

From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)

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

This quatrain of Corpry's was repeated with delight among the people, and Bres had to lay down his sovranty.

From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)

He felt now the power of personal sovranty, how these children of the East awaited not Xerxes the Master, but Xerxes the Omnipotent, God-Manifest, whose decrees were as the decrees of Heaven.

From A Victor of Salamis by Davis, William Stearns