Under the suzerainty of. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
'The word suzerainty,' he said, 'is a very vague word, and I do not think it is capable of any precise legal definition. From Wordnik.com. [Historical and Political Essays] Reference
Hence, they only acknowledged China's 'suzerainty' - as opposed to sovereignty - over Tibet. From Wordnik.com. Reference
But that, in fact, is rather reminiscent of some definitions of "suzerainty". From Wordnik.com. [Phayul Latest News] Reference
The Rajah, Syud Ashruf Allee Khan, of Mahomdee, claims a kind of suzerainty over all the district, and over this pergunnah of. From Wordnik.com. [A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II] Reference
"suzerainty" in 1884 was intentional, and designed to permit the. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899] Reference
"suzerainty", but only on the basis of the region's political autonomy. From Wordnik.com. [British Blogs] Reference
Maine, and the suzerainty of Brittany and of Flanders. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
As to suzerainty, that claim appeared relegated to remain in abeyance. From Wordnik.com. [Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed (2nd ed.) The Conspiracy of the 19th Century Unmasked] Reference
British suzerainty, with a British Resident to look after the natives. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899] Reference
Plantagenet, the countship passed under the suzerainty of the kings of. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
She acknowledged in turn the suzerainty of the Assyrian, the Egyptian, the. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
Egypt is nominally under the suzerainty of Turkey, though occupied by Great. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Democracy] Reference
He merely sought to establish a suzerainty in which he would be the overlord. From Wordnik.com. [Is Ulster Right?] Reference
In 1777 the Porte, under whose suzerainty Moldavia was, ceded this province to Austria. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
Korea was an independent kingdom under Chinese suzerainty for most of the past millennium. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
But they've been intriguing for years to re-establish the suzerainty they once had over it. From Wordnik.com. [The Jungle Girl] Reference
Convention, and fretted at the idea that they should have agreed to acknowledge British suzerainty. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899] Reference
In 1877 we annexed the Dutch Transvaal Republic; the republic was restored under British suzerainty. From Wordnik.com. [Queen Victoria Story of Her Life and Reign, 1819-1901] Reference
Rome, then, far from having established her suzerainty, was tributary to the Orient in this respect. From Wordnik.com. [The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism] Reference
Transvaal was so unmistakably a result of suzerainty that the repetition of the word was unnecessary. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899] Reference
The suzerainty of England, feeble at best, had gradually been limited to a mere fraction of the country. From Wordnik.com. [Is Ulster Right?] Reference
He has placed himself, as far only as the foreign relations of the country go, under the suzerainty of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Jungle Girl] Reference
That gave him suzerainty over thousands of patronage jobs whose holders would owe something to the machine. From Wordnik.com. [The End of Chicago's Daley Dynasty] Reference
Mordred had become a chieftain of the Picts, and he possibly resented any claims of suzerainty on the part of. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
October 1908, Bulgaria was an autonomous and tributary principality, under the suzerainty of the sultan of Turkey. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
Lebanon remained moral tributaries of Egypt long after they had liberated themselves from the suzerainty of the Pharaohs. From Wordnik.com. [The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism] Reference
Henry VII saw that it was necessary without further delay to make the shadowy suzerainty of England over Ireland a reality. From Wordnik.com. [Is Ulster Right?] Reference
But the Chinese themselves prefer to regard him as a representative of the suzerainty they pretend to exercise over the country. From Wordnik.com. [The Jungle Girl] Reference
France had been succeeded by an arrogant assumption of patronage and almost of suzerainty menacing to our national independence. From Wordnik.com. [The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country] Reference
An independent kingdom under Chinese suzerainty for most of the past millennium, Korea was occupied by Japan in 1905 following the. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Upon the extension of the power of Babylon to the west, Jerusalem was forced to acknowledge the suzerainty of the Babylonian kings. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
The suzerainty controversy was then followed by other questions of diplomatic difference, among which that of the franchise reform. From Wordnik.com. [Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed (2nd ed.) The Conspiracy of the 19th Century Unmasked] Reference
Germany should receive Heligoland from England in return for German recognition of English suzerainty in Zanzibar and the possession of. From Wordnik.com. [William of Germany] Reference
Opposition to Sigismund had been long existent, antipathy to Austria was so deeply rooted that the idea of restoring that suzerainty in the. From Wordnik.com. [Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477] Reference
But it may be doubted if this suzerainty was ever complete, or could be maintained at all but for the assistance of the British government. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
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