different between sovereignty vs overking

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.

Translations

English

Etymology

over- +? king

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???v?(?)?k??/

Noun

overking (plural overkings)

1. A king who has sovereignty over inferior kings or ruling princes; a ruler of an overkingdom.
   • 1874, John Richard Green, A Short History of the English People

     the King of Connaught, who was recognized as overking of the island by the rest of the tribe […]

Translations

References

• overking in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• revoking