Both Uses of
sovereign
in
Macbeth
- He that's coming
Must be provided for: and you shall put
This night's great business into my dispatch;
Which shall to all our nights and days to come
Give solely sovereign sway and masterdom.†p. 35.6 *
- Or so much as it needs,
To dew the sovereign flower, and drown the weeds.†p. 169.0
Definition:
of a person: a nation's ruler or head of state
of a political body: not controlled by outside forces
of a political body: not controlled by outside forces