Supreme or highest in power; superior to all others; chief; as, our sovereign prince.
Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing, or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a sovereign state; a sovereign discretion.
Princely; royal.
Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.
Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; controlling; as, a sovereign remedy.
The person, body, or state in which independent and supreme authority is vested; especially, in a monarchy, a king, queen, or emperor.
A gold coin of Great Britain, on which an effigy of the head of the reigning king or queen is stamped, valued at one pound sterling, or about $4.86.
Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy.
Royal authority; supreme power; sovereignty; rule; dominion.
The territory or sphere which is reigned over; kingdom; empire; realm; dominion.
The time during which a king, queen, or emperor possesses the supreme authority; as, it happened in the reign of Elizabeth.
To possess or exercise sovereign power or authority; to exercise government, as a king or emperor;; to hold supreme power; to rule.
Hence, to be predominant; to prevail.
To have superior or uncontrolled dominion; to rule.