sovran

Definitions

Archaic spelling of sovereign.

alt-of, archaic

Examples

“The Highest comes in Holy Land⟳ to hold⟳ His sovran court and synod sanctified, As all the psalms and prophets have⟳ foretold: The riches of his grace He will spread⟳ wide Through his own⟳ realm, that seat and chosen fold⟳ Of worship⟳ and free mercies multiplied.”

“My pity is a stream; my pride of thee Is like⟳ the sea that doth engulf the stream; My love⟳ for thee is like⟳ the sovran moon That rules the sea.”

“Can animal industry, like⟳ our own⟳, obey⟳ the law of economy, the sovran law that governs our industrial machine even as it governs, at least to all appearances, the sublime machine of the universe?”

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