suzerainty
Americannoun
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the position or authority of a suzerain.
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the domain or area subject to a suzerain.
noun
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the position, power, or dignity of a suzerain
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the relationship between suzerain and subject
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Etymology
Origin of suzerainty
1815–25; < French suzeraineté, Middle French suserenete, equivalent to suseren suzerain + -ete -ity
Example Sentences
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"Supervision" is a new word, and "Suzerainty" has given us too much trouble.
From The peace negotiations between the governments of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, and the representatives of the British government, which terminated in the peace concluded at Vereeniging on the 31st May, 1902 by Velden, D. E. van
Whatever Suzerainty meant in the Convention of Pretoria, the condition of things which it implies still remains.
From Boer Politics by Guyot, Yves
In all its foreign relations it was subject to the Suzerainty of Her Majesty Queen Victoria.
From A Short History of England, Ireland and Scotland by Parmele, Mary Platt
The assertion of this fact serves as an Ithuriel's spear to bring into clear relief the significance of the revival by Mr. Chamberlain of the Suzerainty of 1881.
From A Century of Wrong by Reitz, F. W.
Suzerainty, which is a purely legal, though somewhat vague, conception, has in many minds become confused with the practical supremacy, or rather predominance, of Britain in South Africa, which is a totally different matter.
From Impressions of South Africa by Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount
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