Republic vs. Sovereign — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Republic and Sovereign
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Republic
A republic (Latin: res publica, meaning "public affair") is a form of government in which "power is held by the people and their elected representatives". In republics, the country is considered a "public matter", not the private concern or property of the rulers.
Sovereign
Sovereign is a title which can be applied to the highest leader in various categories. The word is borrowed from Old French souverain, which is ultimately derived from the Latin word superānus, meaning "above".
Republic
A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.
Sovereign
A supreme ruler, especially a monarch
The Emperor became the first Japanese sovereign to visit Britain
Republic
A political order whose head of state is not a monarch and in modern times is usually a president.
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Sovereign
A former British gold coin worth one pound sterling, now only minted for commemorative purposes.
Republic
A nation that has such a political order.
Sovereign
Possessing supreme or ultimate power
In modern democracies the people's will is in theory sovereign
Republic
A political order in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who are entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them.
Sovereign
Very good or effective
A sovereign remedy for all ills
Republic
A nation that has such a political order.
Sovereign
A king, queen, or other noble person who serves as chief of state; a ruler or monarch.
Republic
Often Republic A specific republican government of a nation
The Fourth Republic of France.
Sovereign
A national governing council or committee.
Republic
An autonomous or partially autonomous political and territorial unit belonging to a sovereign federation.
Sovereign
A nation that governs territory outside its borders.
Republic
A group of people working as equals in the same sphere or field
The republic of letters.
Sovereign
A gold coin formerly used in Great Britain.
Republic
A state where sovereignty rests with the people or their representatives, rather than with a monarch or emperor; a country with no monarchy.
The United States is a republic; the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a constitutional monarchy.
Sovereign
Self-governing; independent
A sovereign state.
Republic
(archaic) A state, which may or may not be a monarchy, in which the executive and legislative branches of government are separate.
Sovereign
Having supreme rank or power
A sovereign prince.
Republic
One of the subdivisions constituting Russia. See oblast.
The Republic of Udmurtia is west of the Permian Oblast.
Sovereign
Paramount; supreme
Her sovereign virtue is compassion.
Republic
Common weal.
Sovereign
Of superlative strength or efficacy
A sovereign remedy.
Republic
A state in which the sovereign power resides in the whole body of the people, and is exercised by representatives elected by them; a commonwealth. Cf. Democracy, 2.
Sovereign
Unmitigated
Sovereign contempt.
Republic
A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Sovereign
Exercising power of rule.
Sovereign nation
Republic
A form of government whose head of state is not a monarch;
The head of state in a republic is usually a president
Sovereign
Exceptional in quality.
Her voice was her sovereign talent.
Sovereign
Extremely potent or effective (of a medicine, remedy etc.).
Sovereign
Having supreme, ultimate power.
Gentlemen, may I introduce Her Royal Highness, the Sovereign and Most Imperial Majesty, Empress Elizabeth of Vicron.
Sovereign
Princely; royal.
Sovereign
Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.
Sovereign
A monarch; the ruler of a country.
Sovereign
One who is not a subject to a ruler or nation.
Sovereign
A gold coin of the United Kingdom, with a nominal value of one pound sterling but in practice used as a bullion coin.
Sovereign
A former Australian gold coin, minted from 1855–1931, of one pound value.
Sovereign
A very large champagne bottle with the capacity of about 25 liters, equivalent to 3 standard bottles.
Sovereign
Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalini, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy.
Sovereign
A large, garish ring; a sovereign ring.
Sovereign
(transitive) To rule over as a sovereign.
Sovereign
Supreme or highest in power; superior to all others; chief; as, our sovereign prince.
Sovereign
Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing, or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a sovereign state; a sovereign discretion.
Sovereign
Princely; royal.
At Babylon was his sovereign see.
Sovereign
Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.
We acknowledge him [God] our sovereign good.
Sovereign
Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; controlling; as, a sovereign remedy.
Such a sovereign influence has this passion upon the regulation of the lives and actions of men.
Sovereign
The person, body, or state in which independent and supreme authority is vested; especially, in a monarchy, a king, queen, or emperor.
No question is to be made but that the bed of the Mississippi belongs to the sovereign, that is, to the nation.
Sovereign
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.
Sovereign
Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy.
Sovereign
A nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
Sovereign
Of political bodies;
An autonomous judiciary
A sovereign state
Sovereign
Greatest in status or authority or power;
A supreme tribunal
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