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Meaning of 'sovereignty' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Sovereignty [ n.]
- The quality or state of being sovereign, or of being a sovereign; the exercise of, or right to exercise, supreme power; dominion; sway; supremacy; independence; also, that which is sovereign; a sovereign state; as, Italy was formerly divided into many sovereignties.

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