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Definition
to be the greatest in authority or power within a nation
- She's always said that when sovereignty is vested in a single person whose right to rule is hereditary, the principles of social equality and respect for the individual within a community are irrevocably lost.2 — October 1-5 (29% in)
- His father's historic pledge, after Mussolini's forces invaded in 1939, to exercise the rights of sovereignty in accordance with the political and economic interests of neighboring France in exchange for military and naval protection in the event of war might have tied the hands of a lesser politician, but Mia's father has managed to work around that agreement.4 — October 11-15 (84% in)
There are no more uses of "sovereignty" in The Princess Diaries.
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