English Dictionary

suzerainty

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈs(j)uz(ə)ɹənti/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

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.

日本語の意味

宗主権：従属国が自らの政府を持ちながらも、国際的な行動が宗主国に依存する関係性を指す。

During the 19th century, the kingdom remained under British suzerainty, retaining its internal administration but lacking independent control over foreign affairs.

19世紀の間、その王国は英国の宗主権下にあり、国内の行政は維持していたが、国際的な行動を独自にとることはできなかった。

意味（1）

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.

There were therefore, in the cultivating communities of the German and Scandinavian races, causes at work which were leading to inequality of property in land. There were causes at work which were leading to the establishment of superiorities and suzerainties of one township over another. There were causes at work which tended to place the benefits of an unequal proprietary system and the enjoyment of these suzerainties in the hands of particular families, and consequently of their chiefs for the time being.

意味（2）

The status or power of a suzerain.

In the N-Town Passion Play I, Lucifer is an implied presenter of the play and an implied controller of its events. He addresses the audience directly and confidentially in an extraordinary 124-line adoxograph which is part social satire and part seriocomic plea for our commitment to his suzerainty […]

suzerainties （ plural ）