Both Uses of
sovereign
in
The Tempest
- and with her sovereign grace, Here on this grass-plot, in this very place, To come and sport;†
Scene 4.1
- I rather think You have not sought her help; of whose soft grace, For the like loss I have her sovereign aid, And rest myself content.†
Scene 5.1 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(sovereign) of a person: a nation's ruler or head of state
of a political body: not controlled by outside forces -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, a sovereign is a British coin used until 1914.