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suzerainty

/soo-zuh-rin-tee, -reyn-/US // ˈsu zə rɪn ti, -ˌreɪn- //UK // (ˈsuːzərəntɪ) //

宗主国,宗主权,宗主制,宗主权

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural su·ze·rain·ties.

    • : the position or authority of a suzerain.
    • : the domain or area subject to a suzerain.

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Examples

  • Tatar control—part occupation and part suzerainty over impotent, tribute-paying Russian principalities—lasted more than 200 years.

  • Since then, Laon continued as a sovereign ecclesiastical seigniory, but always under the suzerainty of the French King.

  • The suzerainty of England, feeble at best, had gradually been limited to a mere fraction of the country.

  • Mordred had become a chieftain of the Picts, and he possibly resented any claims of suzerainty on the part of Arthur.

  • Charles brought himself, or at any rate he was to bring himself later, to recognise the suzerainty of the King of England.

  • Then it wades through all the mire of academic squabble re suzerainty, etc.