different between reign vs sovereignty

English

Alternative forms

• raygne (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English regnen, from Old French regner, from the Latin verb r?gn?, and the noun r?gnum. Doublet of regnum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?n/
• Homophones: rain, rein
• Rhymes: -e?n

Noun

reign (plural reigns)

1. The exercise of sovereign power.
2. The period during which a monarch rules.

3. The territory or sphere over which a kingdom; empire; realm; dominion, etc. is ruled.

   • And the Fox guileful, and most covetous;
     That neither pleased was, to have the reign
     Twixt them divided into even twain

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Verb

reign (third-person singular simple present reigns, present participle reigning, simple past and past participle reigned)

1. (intransitive) To exercise sovereign power, to rule as a monarch.

2. (transitive, rare, nonstandard) To reign over (a country)
3. To be the winner of the most recent iteration of a competition.
4. To be a dominant quality of a place or situation; to prevail, predominate, rule.

Synonyms

• rix (obsolete)

Derived terms

• reign supreme

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Anagrams

• Grein, Negri, Niger, niger, nigre, re-nig, renig, ringe

English

Alternative forms

• soveraigntie (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English sovereynte, from Anglo-Norman sovereyneté, from Old French souveraineté, from soverain.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?v.??n.ti/, /?s?v.??n.ti/

Noun

sovereignty (countable and uncountable, plural sovereignties)

1. Of a polity: the state of making laws and controlling resources without the coercion of other nations.

   Synonyms: autarchy, independence, nationality, nationhood

   • 2019, Manuel Valls, What have Britain and Catalonia got in common? Delusions of independence in the Guardian

     In today’s interconnected economies and societies, a formal independence is the opposite of gaining real sovereignty and control. This is because the excluded party would be absent from the table when decisions are made, unable to participate as choices are taken that, sooner or later, will affect them.

2. Of a ruler: supreme authority over all things.
3. Of a person: the liberty to decide one's thoughts and actions.

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