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SOV may refer to: SOV, a former ticker symbol for Sovereign Bank SOV, a legal cryptocurrency created by the Sovereign Currency Act of 2018 of the Republic
SOV
Feature of language
subject–object–verb (SOV) language is one in which the subject, object, and verb of a sentence always or usually appear in that order. If English were SOV, "Sam apples
Subject–object–verb word order
Subject–object–verb_word_order
Destiny supporting character
Uldren Sov is a character from Bungie's Destiny video game series. He first appears as a supporting non-player character in the 2014 video game Destiny
Uldren_Sov
Anti-government conspiracy movement
The sovereign citizen movement (SovCits) is a loose group of anti-government activists, conspiracy theorists, vexatious litigants, tax protesters and
Sovereign_citizen_movement
Sentence structure; the default word order in English
order by number of known languages, after subject–object–verb (SOV). Together, SVO and SOV account for more than 87% of the world's languages. The label
Subject–verb–object word order
Subject–verb–object_word_order
Academic journal
The Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics (JETP) [Russian: Журнал Экспериментальной и Теоретической Физики (ЖЭТФ), or Zhurnal Éksperimental'noĭ
Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics
Journal_of_Experimental_and_Theoretical_Physics
1945–1956 type of economic enterprise in Romania
The SovRoms (plural of SovRom) were economic enterprises established in Romania following the communist takeover at the end of World War II, in place until
SovRom
Academic journal
Astronomy Letters (Russian: Pis’ma v Astronomicheskii Zhurnal) is a Russian peer-reviewed scientific journal. The journal covers research on all aspects
Astronomy_Letters
Academic journal
Europe-Asia Studies is an academic peer-reviewed journal published 10 times a year by Routledge on behalf of the Institute of Central and East European
Europe-Asia_Studies
Academic journal
Doklady Physics: A Journal of the Russian Academy of Sciences is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica and
Doklady_Physics
Academic journal
Quantum Electronics is a peer-reviewed scientific journal. It is the English edition of the Russian journal "Kvantovaya Elektronika". The editor-in-chief
Quantum_Electronics_(journal)
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Kino_discography
more than 40 vessels, including nine Service Operation Vessels (SOV). They developed SOVs in 2010 to provide accommodation and working spaces in support
Esvagt
Academic journal
Physics-Uspekhi is a peer-reviewed scientific journal. It is an English translation of the Russian journal of physics, Uspekhi Fizicheskikh Nauk (Russian:
Physics-Uspekhi
Type of film shot on camcorder
A shot-on-video (SOV) film, also known as a shot-on-VHS film or a camcorder film, is a film shot using camcorders and consumer-grade equipment, as opposed
Shot-on-video_film
Schedule of Values (SOV) is a detailed list of how much different tasks are worth in a large project, especially in construction. SOVs are used for billing
Schedule_of_values
Academic journal
Journal of Russian & East European Psychology is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Routledge. The journal publishes materials written
Journal of Russian & East European Psychology
Journal_of_Russian_&_East_European_Psychology
U.S. House district for California
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California's 6th congressional district
California's_6th_congressional_district
Academic journal
Physics of the Solid State is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of solid state physics that publishes articles from researchers based at the Russian Academy
Physics_of_the_Solid_State
Russian music journal
Muzykalnaya Akademiya (Russian: Музыкальная Академия, lit. 'Musical Academy'), known between 1933 and 1992 as Sovyetskaya Muzyka (Russian: Советская музыка
Muzykalnaya_Akademiya
Soviet news agency 1941 to 1961
Soviet Information Bureau (Russian: Советское информационное бюро, romanized: Sovetskoye informatsionnoye byuro), commonly known as Sovinformburo (Совинформбюро)
Soviet_Information_Bureau
Academic journal
The Journal of Mining Science is a bimonthly, peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Springer Science+Business Media that covers all aspects of
Journal_of_Mining_Science
Micronesian language spoken in Palau
(2014). Sonsorol. [online] Available at: https://www.ethnologue.com/language/sov Isles-of-the-sea.org. (2014). Sonsorol | isles of the sea bible translation
Sonsorolese
Non-governmental organization in Georgia
The SovLab Soviet Past Research Laboratory (Georgian: საბჭოთა წარსულის კვლევის ლაბორატორია) – SOVLAB – is a Georgian organization dedicated to studying
SovLab
1968 studio album by International Harvester
Sov gott Rose-Marie (Sleep tight, Rose-Marie) is the 1968 debut album of International Harvester, the second incarnation of the Stockholm-based band Pärson
Sov_gott_Rose-Marie
Academic journal
Eurasian Geography and Economics is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering economic and political geography as well as macroeconomics of the
Eurasian Geography and Economics
Eurasian_Geography_and_Economics
Academic journal
The Journal of Slavic Military Studies is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes articles relating to military affairs of Central and
The Journal of Slavic Military Studies
The_Journal_of_Slavic_Military_Studies
Russian shipping company
Sovcomflot (Russian: ПАО «Совкомфлот», ПАО «Современный коммерческий флот», lit. 'Modern Commercial Fleet') is Russia's largest shipping company, and one
Sovcomflot
Antarctica research agency of the Soviet Union
The Soviet Antarctic Expedition (SAE or SovAE) (Russian: Советская антарктическая экспедиция, САЭ, Sovetskaya antarkticheskaya ekspeditsiya) was a Soviet
Soviet_Antarctic_Expedition
Structured system of communication
Australian language Gamilaraay would be d̪uyugu n̪ama d̪ayn yiːy (snake man bit), SOV. Word order type is relevant as a typological parameter, because basic word
Language
U.S. House district for California
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California's 5th congressional district
California's_5th_congressional_district
2001 studio album by Carola
Sov på min arm is an album by the Swedish singer Carola Häggkvist. It was released in November 2001 in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. Byssan lull
Sov_på_min_arm
Academic journal
Rossiyskaya arkheologiya (Russian: Российская археология, lit. 'Russian archaeology'), formerly Sovetskaya arkheologiya (Russian: Советская археология
Rossiyskaya_arkheologiya
U.S. House district for California
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California's 7th congressional district
California's_7th_congressional_district
Commune in Occitania, France
Sauve (French pronunciation: [sov]; Occitan: Saves) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. In the early 1990s, American underground comic
Sauve,_Gard
Proposed common ancestor to all human languages
Proto-Human had SOV (subject-object-verb), based on the observation that many old languages (e.g., Sanskrit and Latin) had dominant SOV, but the proportion
Proto-Human_language
Order of syntactic constituents
orders: about 45% of the world's languages deploy subject–object–verb order (SOV); about 42% of the world's languages deploy subject–verb–object order (SVO);
Word_order
British rapper (born 1985)
Sovereign at Parklife 2009 Background information Also known as Lady Sovereign SOV Big Midget Born Louise Amanda Harman (1985-12-19) December 19, 1985 (age 40)
Lady_Sovereign
Military light utility vehicle / Light tactical vehicle
first started with the Special Operation Vehicle (SOV) variant where Cendana Auto introduces its SOV prototype to the public in conjunction of Defence
Cendana_Auto_4x4
Academic journal
Astronomy Reports (Russian: Астрономический журнал, Astronomicheskii Zhurnal), is a Russian, monthly, peer reviewed, scientific journal. This journal tends
Astronomy_Reports
US anti-civil rights movement state agency
The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission (also called the MSSC or Sov-Com) was a state agency in Mississippi active from 1956 to 1973 and tasked with
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
Mississippi_State_Sovereignty_Commission
Marshallese legislation
and private. The SOV is issued by the Ministry of Finance and was introduced through an initial coin offering (ICO). The number of SOV’s in circulation
Sovereign Currency Act of 2018
Sovereign_Currency_Act_of_2018
Poem by Zachris Topelius
Sov du lilla videung (English: "Sleep, you little willow young"), otherwise known as Videvisan ("Willow song") or Solskenets visan ("Sunshine's song")
Sov_du_lilla_vide_ung
A single-occupancy vehicle (SOV) is a privately operated vehicle whose only occupant is the driver. The drivers of SOVs use their vehicles primarily for
Single-occupancy_vehicle
System of word ordering
VSO is the third-most common word order among the world's languages, after SOV (as in Hindi and Japanese) and SVO (as in English and Mandarin Chinese).
Verb–subject–object word order
Verb–subject–object_word_order
U.S. House district for California
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California's 8th congressional district
California's_8th_congressional_district
Academic journal
Etnograficheskoe Obozrenie (Russian: Этнографическое Обозрение, romanized: Etnograficheskoe Obozrenie; English: Ethnographic Review) is a peer-reviewed
Etnograficheskoe_Obozrenie
Structures (WALS), 76% of the languages in their sample Specifier-first (either SOV or SVO). In this respect, the subject-side parameter contrasts with the head-directionality
Subject_side_parameter
Ballistic vest
atmospheric conditions, model SOV 3000 Dragon Skin failed to stop the second impact of M2AP. Then when the other tests were run, SOV 3000 failed multiple times
Dragon_Skin
U.S. House district for California
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California's 3rd congressional district
California's_3rd_congressional_district
Branch of linguistics
Object–verb–subject (OVS) Subject–verb–object (SVO) Subject–object–verb (SOV) Verb–subject–object (VSO) Verb–object–subject (VOS) These labels usually
Linguistic_typology
Norwegian singer, songwriter and music producer
— — — Non-album single "Jente i Oslo" 3 — — — — — — Hver gang vi møtes "Sov godt" 2022 37 — — — — — — "Bli hos meg" — — — — — — — "Av og på" — — — —
Tix
Planned class of submarine for the India
Swimmer Delivery Vehicle (SDV), also known as Special Operations Vessels (SOV) is a planned class of midget submarines for the Indian Navy. Under this
Indian Navy Swimmer Delivery Vehicle
Indian_Navy_Swimmer_Delivery_Vehicle
Grammar of the Indian Malayalam language
agglutinative grammar. Its word order is generally subject–object–verb (SOV), although other orders are often employed for reasons such as emphasis.
Malayalam_grammar
SOV Windermere is a subsea operations vessel built in 2010 for Hallin Marine. She was leased by the Royal Australian Navy to supplement its amphibious
SOV_Windermere
Music associated with Hanukkah
chaviv, misaviv, Gil leyeled rach. Chanukah, Chanukah, Sevivon sov sov Sov sov sov, sov sov sov, Mah na'im vatov. CHANUKAH, CHANUKAH Chanukah, Chanukah, What
Hanukkah_music
Tibetic language
in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (1994). Sherpa is a subject-object-verb (SOV) language. Sherpa is predominantly a spoken language, although it is occasionally
Sherpa_language
City in California, United States
27, 2020. "SOV.xls" (PDF). www.ocvote.com. 2016. Retrieved May 31, 2020. "SOV.xls" (PDF). www.ocvote.com. 2012. Retrieved May 31, 2020. "SOV.xls" (PDF)
Lake_Forest,_California
Smartphone manufacturer based in Hong Kong
May 2020. "Samsung, Apple, Tecno top list of mobile brands with highest SOV in Q2 of 2016". The Guardian. Lagos, Nigeria. Archived from the original
Tecno_Mobile
Set of linguistic universals proposed by Joseph Greenberg
than chance frequency, languages with normal SOV order are postpositional." "If a language has dominant SOV order and the genitive follows the governing
Greenberg's linguistic universals
Greenberg's_linguistic_universals
Universally-occurring linguistic pattern
noun they modify again usually have SOV order, so pre-nominal relative clauses imply SOV. On the other hand, SOV languages worldwide show little preference
Linguistic_universal
1995 short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
Witnessing this makes Sov wonder about their own sexuality, which Sov was not concerned about before reaching sexual maturity. That spring Sov begins an apprenticeship
Coming_of_Age_in_Karhide
Leader of Romania from 1965 to 1989
many considered years of Soviet directives and purges, during and after the SovRom fiasco. He carried this nationalist option inside the Party, manipulating
Nicolae_Ceaușescu
Academic journal
Domestic Archives (Отечественные архивы) is a peer-reviewed academic journal of archival science published in Russia. It was published as Архивное дело
Domestic_Archives
Symmetry with three or more colours
(1956). Colour symmetry groups, Sov. Phys. Cryst., 1(1), 5-11 Belov, N.V. and Tarkhova, T.N. (1956). Colour symmetry groups, Sov. Phys. Cryst., 1(6), 487-488
Polychromatic_symmetry
U.S. House district for California
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California's 4th congressional district
California's_4th_congressional_district
British company
Reconnaissance (SOV–SR), known as the Nary, used by the Special Air Service Regiment (SASR). 89 HMT Extenda MK2 Special Operations Vehicle–Commando (SOV–Cdo) on
SC_Group
Soviet government
Council of Ministers. "Soviet Union – History, Leaders, Map, & Facts". "SOV". 2012-02-24. Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2022-08-13
Stalin's_third_government
Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
La Sauve (French pronunciation: [la sov]; Occitan: La Seuva Majora) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France
La_Sauve
Soviet physicist (1935–1980)
two-dimensional systems having a continuous symmetry group I, Classical systems. Sov. Phys. JETP, 32, 493 (1971) V. L. Berezinskii, Destruction of long-range
Vadim_Berezinskii
Men's top division association football league in Curaçao
CRKSV Jong Holland 1929: SOV Asiento 1930: SOV Asiento 1931: CVV Volharding 1932: CRKSV Jong Holland 1933: VV Transvaal 1934–35: SOV Asiento 1935–36: CRKSV
Curaçao_Promé_Divishon
Structure of sentences in the German language
subject–object–verb word order (SOV), the first one quite purely, the latter in a mix. It is not uncommon to consider SOV the basic type. Declarative sentences
German_sentence_structure
Endangered indigenous language of Brazil
language isolate spoken by about 250 Aikanã people in Rondônia, Brazil. It has SOV word order. Aikanã uses the Latin script. The people live with speakers of
Aikanã_language
City in California, United States
January 18, 2021. "SOV.xls" (PDF). www.ocvote.com. 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 12, 2019. Retrieved June 1, 2020. "SOV.xls" (PDF). www
Buena_Park,_California
Ethnic group
catvā́raḥ cār cāri hathara/sathara 5 pandž pandž pendž páñca pā̃c pāñcå paha 6 šov šaš šeš ṣáṭ chaḥ chåå haya/saya 7 ifta xaut haft saptá sāt sātå hata/satha
Romani_people
Grammatical concept
is described as agent–object–verb (AOV) instead of subject–object–verb (SOV). Topic-prominent languages, such as Mandarin, focus their grammars less
Object_(grammar)
Anthem of the Warsaw Pact
of the United Armies (Instrumental). Retrieved 2025-09-29 – via YouTube. "SovMusic.ru - Песня объединённых армий". sovmusic.ru. Retrieved 2025-09-29. "OOltra
Song_of_the_United_Armies
59th season in franchise history
AFC v t e Seed Team Division W L T PCT DIV CONF SOS SOV STK Division leaders 1 Kansas City Chiefs West 15 2 0 .882 5–1 10–2 .488 .463 L1 2 Buffalo Bills
2024_Miami_Dolphins_season
Kru language spoken in Liberia
Sierra Leone, Ghana and Guinea. It uses SVO word order for main clauses and SOV for embedded clauses. A Klao translation of the Bible by missionary Nancy
Klao_language
Small warship armed with anti-ship missiles
(sometimes called a "missile boat") Pike, John. "K83 Vidyut (Sov Osa-I) / K90 Viyut (Sov Osa-II)". www.globalsecurity.org. Pike, John. "Eilat Destroyer"
Missile_boat
Bushmasters designated the Special Operations Vehicle - Protected Heavy (SOV-PH), purchased from Australian Defence Force stock. The Army acquired 43
List of equipment of the New Zealand Army
List_of_equipment_of_the_New_Zealand_Army
Type of word order
orders comprise only around 2.9% of the world's languages. SO word orders (SOV, SVO, VSO) are significantly more common, comprising approximately 83.3%
Object–subject_word_order
Sal language of Assam, India
Kachari is a Sino-Tibetan language of the Boro-Garo branch that is spoken in Assam, India. With fewer than 60,000 speakers recorded in 1997, and the Asam
Kachari_language
Airport in Seldovia, Alaska
Alaska. Known to pilots as "Seldovia" (or more formally, (IATA: SOV, ICAO: PASO, FAA LID: SOV)), this public airport is located less than a half-mile (2 km)
Seldovia_Airport
massive losses on the battlefields he freed Dredd from a Sov torturer and convinced the rest of the Sov commanders to allow Dredd to kill Kazan and then to
List of Judge Dredd characters
List_of_Judge_Dredd_characters
Singaporean businessman (born 1977)
service, operation and maintenance vessels namely: Service Operation Vessel (SOV) and the Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV), designed in Asia
Sean_Lee_Yun_Feng
Rare permutation of word order
order could have evolved from an earlier SOV stage, in which OVS was reanalyzed as the unmarked word order and SOV as marked. Subject–object–verb Subject–verb–object
Object–verb–subject word order
Object–verb–subject_word_order
66th season in franchise history; 56th in the National Football League
AFC v t e Seed Team Division W L T PCT DIV CONF SOS SOV STK Division leaders 1 Denver Broncos West 14 3 0 .824 5–1 9–3 .422 .378 W2 2 New England Patriots
2025 Los Angeles Chargers season
2025_Los_Angeles_Chargers_season
U.S. Army light military vehicle
Rover Wolf - Weapons Mount Installation Kit – (United Kingdom) Predator SOV P6 ATAV – (Indonesia) VLEGA Gaucho – (Argentina) / Chivunk – (Brazil) FMC
Ranger Special Operations Vehicle
Ranger_Special_Operations_Vehicle
Senu River language spoken in Papua New Guinea
Guinea. Spencer (2008) is a short grammar of Kwomtari. The language has an SOV[clarification needed] constituent order and nominative–accusative alignment
Kwomtari_language
Swedish pop rock band
Martin Källström (drums) - formerly from Swedish metal band Corroded Notes "Sov med änglarna" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at
Stiftelsen_(band)
Russian figure skater
американца. Российский фигурист впервые исполнил четверной аксель". Sov Sport. Sov Sport. Retrieved 16 May 2025. "Vladislav DIKIDZHI: 2021/2022". International
Vladislav_Dikidzhi
Language classification
I, not somebody else, who edited the article). Korean and Japanese have SOV by default, but since they are topic-prominent languages, they often seem
Object–subject–verb word order
Object–subject–verb_word_order
North Omotic language spoken in Ethiopia
Ethiopia at the Keffa Zone. It is part of the Ethiopian Language Area, with SOV word order, ejective consonants, etc. A collection of proverbs in the language
Kafa_language
1016/0550-3213(77)90384-4. ISSN 0550-3213. Yu. L. Dokshitzer. Sov. Phys. JETP 46:641 (1977). V. N. Gribov, L. N. Lipatov. Sov. J. Nucl. Phys. 15:438 (1972). Martin, Alan
DGLAP_evolution_equations
Ancestor of the Indo-European languages
"broad consensus" among PIE scholars is that PIE would have been an SOV language. The SOV default word order with other orders used to express emphasis (e
Proto-Indo-European_language
60th season in franchise history
NFC v t e Seed Team Division W L T PCT DIV CONF SOS SOV STK Division leaders 1 Seattle Seahawks West 14 3 0 .824 4–2 9–3 .498 .471 W7 2 Chicago Bears
2025_Atlanta_Falcons_season
Georgian love poem
(in Georgian Language) https://1tv.ge/video/suliko-msoflios-khalkhta-enebze/ SovMusic entry for Suliko, containing the song in German and Russian v t e
Suliko
Dravidian language
order of subject–object–verb (SOV). However, word order in Tamil is also flexible, so that surface permutations of the SOV order are possible with different
Tamil_language
American politician (born 1980)
2023. Retrieved June 25, 2025. https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2024-general/sov/25-us-rep-congress.pdf (PDF). California Secretary of State. Lochhead
Eric_Swalwell
SOV
SOV
Boy/Male
Tamil
Beautiful
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Mythological, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Telugu
Supreme Sovereign Goddess; Goddess Durga
Boy/Male
Muslim
Sovereign. Monarch.
Girl/Female
Bengali, Indian
Gain
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
Friend of the City; Sovereign
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Sovereign; Terran; Earth-man; Variants are Contemporary Rhyming Blends of Ter Plus Darin
Boy/Male
Muslim
Sovereign. Monarch.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Sovereign
Boy/Male
Tamil
Powerful
Girl/Female
Indian, Sanskrit
Sovereign Goddess of All
Boy/Male
Hindu
Powerful
Girl/Female
Assamese, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Telugu
Sovereign Goddess of the Gods
Girl/Female
Indian, Sanskrit
Sovereign Ruler; Wife
Girl/Female
Indian, Sanskrit
The Sovereign Goddess of All
Boy/Male
African, Arabic, Swahili
Ruler; Sovereign; Monarch
Boy/Male
Indian
Sovereign
Girl/Female
Indian, Sanskrit
The Sovereign Goddess of Life
Girl/Female
Indian, Sanskrit
The Sovereign Goddess of All
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Sanskrit
One's Own
Boy/Male
Hindu
Beautiful
SOV
SOV
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
She was Al-suraymiyah and a Very Dutiful Worshipper She Wept Often so She Finally Lost her Eye Sight; When Everything was Quiet and Motionless She Used to Call out in a Melancholy Voice
Biblical
a chain; strength; a stag
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Jewel of the Crest; Excellent; Best
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly West Midlands)
English (chiefly West Midlands) : from a pet form of the personal name Dick.
Boy/Male
Biblical
God is my king.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Cheerfulness
Girl/Female
German
Noble; Kind
Girl/Female
Greek American
Born fourth. Fourth letter of the Greek alphabet.
Boy/Male
French, German, Latin
Much Loved
Boy/Male
Arthurian Legend
Percival's uncle.
SOV
SOV
SOV
SOV
SOV
n.
A contest between nations or states, carried on by force, whether for defence, for revenging insults and redressing wrongs, for the extension of commerce, for the acquisition of territory, for obtaining and establishing the superiority and dominion of one over the other, or for any other purpose; armed conflict of sovereign powers; declared and open hostilities.
pl.
of Sovereignty
n.
One who usurps; especially, one who seizes illegally on sovereign power; as, the usurper of a throne, of power, or of the rights of a patron.
n.
A small coin, and money of account, in England, equivalent to two pennies, -- minted to a fixed annual amount, for almsgiving by the sovereign on Maundy Thursday.
n.
A condition of belligerency to be maintained by physical force. In this sense, levying war against the sovereign authority is treason.
n.
An agreement so made; specifically, an agreement, league, or contract between two or more nations or sovereigns, formally signed by commissioners properly authorized, and solemnly ratified by the several sovereigns, or the supreme power of each state; an agreement between two or more independent states; as, a treaty of peace; a treaty of alliance.
prep.
The governor of a country or province who rules in the name of the sovereign with regal authority, as the king's substitute; as, the viceroy of India.
n.
A sovereign remedy; a cure.
n.
A staff or baton borne by a sovereign, as a ceremonial badge or emblem of authority; a royal mace.
n.
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.
n.
The act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power, especially an infringing on the rights of others; specifically, the illegal seizure of sovereign power; -- commonly used with of, also used with on or upon; as, the usurpation of a throne; the usurpation of the supreme power.
n.
Hence, royal or imperial power or authority; sovereignty; as, to assume the scepter.
a.
Like a traitor; involving treachery; violating allegiance or faith pledged; traitorous to the state or sovereign; perfidious in private life; betraying a trust; faithless.
v. t.
To deprive of the character or authority of a prince; to divest of principality of sovereignty.
a.
Supreme or highest in power; superior to all others; chief; as, our sovereign prince.
a.
Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; controlling; as, a sovereign remedy.
a.
Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing, or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a sovereign state; a sovereign discretion.
a.
A variant of Sovereign.
n.
An absolute ruler; a sovereign unrestrained by law or constitution; a usurper of sovereignty.
adv.
In a sovereign manner; in the highest degree; supremely.