Definitions of sovereignty

1. 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.

2. Supreme power: dominion.

3. Supreme power; paramount dominion.

4. The state of being sovereign; supreme authority.

5. Supreme power; supreme dominion.

6. Supreme power; highest place.