suzerainty
IPA: sˈuzɝˈeɪnti
noun
- A relation between states in which a subservient nation has its own government, but is unable to take international action independent of the superior state; a similar relationship between other entities.
- The status or power of a suzerain.
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Examples of "suzerainty" in Sentences
- Also please learn the defintion of suzerainty.
- He accepted the suzerainty of Gujarat sultanate.
- Both the suzerainty and the ambiguity were maintained.
- Fulk was thereafter under the suzerainty of the counts of Anjou.
- Mecca and Medina also acknowledged the suzerainty of the Fatimids.
- By this treaty Portugal also recognized the suzerainty of the pope.
- As an autonomous commune, it remained anyway under the Papal suzerainty.
- Gisabo was eventually forced to concede and agreed to German suzerainty.
- So obviously this is not the difference between sovereignty and suzerainty.
- With the influx of the Seljuqs, they recognized the Suzerainty of the Seljuqs.