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• n  a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
• s  (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces
  a sovereign state
• s  greatest in status or authority or power

• If territory is not "sovereign" it wouldn't need to be "conquered.
• In this sort of crisis we all want God to be sovereign, all powerful to be able to intervene decisively, to rule over every atom and molecule of the universe.
• The allegations cost Veera his job, even though he knelt in parliament before a picture of the sovereign and asked forgiveness.

• crowned head
• monarch
• autonomous
• independent
• self-governing
• supreme

News & Articles

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• Kostrzewa - Ousted Sovereign CEO back on banking scene
  Kostrzewa - Ousted Sovereign CEO back on banking scene
  June 11, 2013 - The Providence Journal
• Police say man who robbed Sovereign Bank wore presidential cap
  WINDSOR — Police are looking for information on a man who robbed the Sovereign Bank in the Windsor Shopping Center on Monday.
  June 11, 2013 - Journal Inquirer
• Sovereign Bank, Salvation Army Celebrate Santander Classroom Naming
  Boston-based Sovereign Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Santander Holdings USA Inc., joined The Salvation Army and students and volunteers from Boston's Ray and Joan Kroc Corps. Community Center to celebrate the official naming of the Santander classroom.
  June 7, 2013 - Banker & Tradesman

Quotes

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• President Bush in Times Online
  Russia has invaded a sovereign neighbouring state and threatens a democratic government elected by its people. Such an action is unacceptable in the 21st century,said Mr Bush.
• Joe Biden in Los Angeles Times
  You see the amount of these [sovereign bond purchasing] operations, of this programme, and we have the feeling -- but we will continue to observe it with great attention -- that what is needed in terms of the level of interventions on our part has... Jean-Claude Trichet http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_Trichet&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFQ3i5kKC7Jq7XUiVMILRUSPAVq7w Market News International http://www.google.com/url?q=http://imarketnews.com/%3Fq%3Dnode/16174&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHLWpPNzcHWxWnj_tbdkB7BOyIX2g Jul 8, 2010 92621 123100 sovereign Look, Israel can determine for itself -- it's a sovereign nation -- what's in their interest and what they decide to do relative to Iran and anyone else," Biden replied.