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Sovereign (other)
A sovereign is the supreme lawmaking authority within a particular jurisdiction. Sovereign may also refer to: Buildings * Sovereign (building), a building in Burnaby, Canada * The Sovereign (a.k.a. Sovereign Apartments), residential skyscraper on the Upper East Side in Manhattan, New York City, USA. Literature * ''Sovereign'' (Sansom novel), a 2006 novel by C. J. Sansom * ''Sovereign'' (Dekker and Lee novel), a 2013 novel by Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee Music * ''Sovereign'' (EP), a 2000 EP and song by Neurosis * ''Sovereign'' (album), a 2014 album by Michael W. Smith * ''Sovereign'', a 2007 album by Arashk * ''Sovereign'', a 2009 album by Tenet Money * Sovereign (English coin), minted from 1489 to 1604 * Sovereign (British coin), minted from 1817 to the present Places * Sovereign, Saskatchewan, a community in Canada * Sovereign, West Virginia, a community in the United States Ships * ''Sovereign'' (1789 ship) * ''Sovereign'' (1793 ship) * ''Sovereign'' (1800 ship) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sovereign
''Sovereign'' is a title which can be applied to the highest leader in various categories. The word is borrowed from Old French , which is ultimately derived from the Latin , meaning 'above'. The roles of a sovereign vary from monarch, ruler or head of state to head of municipal government or head of a chivalric order. As a result, the word ''sovereignty'' has more recently also come to mean independence or autonomy. Head of state The word ''sovereign'' is frequently used synonymously with monarch. There are numerous titles in a monarchical rule which can belong to the sovereign. The sovereign is the autonomous head of the state. Examples of the various titles in modern sovereign leaders are: Chivalric orders The term ''sovereign'' is generally used in place of "grand master" for the supreme head of various orders of European nations. In the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, the Grand Master is styled "Sovereign", e.g. Sovereign Grand Master, due to its status as an intern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Sovereign
HMS ''Sovereign'' may refer to the following English and Royal Navy warships: * , also known as HMS ''Sovereign'', an English warship built in 1488, rebuilt in 1510, and in service until 1521 * , also known as HMS ''Sovereign'', an English warship launched in 1637, renamed ''Royal Sovereign'' in 1660, and in service until 1696 * , a submarine A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability. The term is also sometimes used historically or colloquially to refer to remotely op ... in commission from 1974 to 2006 * , seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Royal Sovereign'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Sovereign, Hms Royal Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sovereign (horse)
Sovereign (foaled 9 April 2016) is an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse, best known for winning the 2019 Irish Derby. He showed promising form as a juvenile in 2018 when he won one minor race as well as finishing third in the Eyrefield Stakes and fourth in the Beresford Stakes. In the following year he was placed in the Ballysax Stakes and the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial before running unplaced when acting as a pacemaker in the 2019 Epsom Derby. He was given little chance in the Irish Derby but won easily at odds of 33/1. He failed to win in 2020 but was placed in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Vintage Crop Stakes and Bahrain International Trophy. Background Sovereign is a chestnut colt with a white blaze and three white socks bred in Ireland by the County Wicklow-based Barronstown Stud. He entered the ownership of the Coolmore Stud organisation and was sent into training with Aidan O'Brien at Ballydoyle. Like many Coolmore horses, the official details ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rise Of Incarnates
''Rise of Incarnates'' was a multiplayer free-to-play fighting video game developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Announced early 2014 and presented at the 2014 Electronic Entertainment Expo, the game featured two-on-two gameplay. The game was developed by the same staff that worked on the '' Soulcalibur'', ''Tekken'', and '' Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs.'' series, three major fighting game franchises of Bandai Namco. It was released in July 2015. The game was pulled from Steam in October 2015, and its servers were shut down in December 2015. Gameplay The game's playable characters were the so-called Incarnates, humans who have awoken mythical powers. Players could apply long-range assault with close-quarter combat. Their powers allowed them to transform into a creature or summon a being to assist them in battle. Battle arenas were set in places like: * New York City * San Francisco * London * Paris * Washington, D.C. Synopsis Setting ''Rise of Incarnate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reapers (Mass Effect)
The Reapers are a fictional fleet of sentient starships that serve as the main antagonists of the ''Mass Effect'' trilogy. The design of the Reapers was inspired by H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos deities. Within the series, the Reapers cause galactic-level mass extinctions every fifty-thousand years. The Reapers and their technology are capable of brainwashing organic life through a mind control process called indoctrination. The Reapers employ servants who are often altered into synthetic-organic life forms. Notable Reapers include Sovereign, first mentioned in the 2007 novel '' Mass Effect: Revelation'', and Harbinger, a major antagonist of ''Mass Effect 2'', and leader of the Reaper invasion on Earth in ''Mass Effect 3''. Sovereign and Harbinger are voiced by Peter Jessop and Keith Szarabajka, respectively. The Reapers were generally well received by critics, and regularly feature on lists of the greatest video game antagonists. Background The Reapers are colossal entiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sovereign (video Game)
''Sovereign'' was a massively multiplayer online real-time strategy (MMORTS) game developed for PC by Daybreak Game Company (known at the time as Sony Online Entertainment) that was cancelled sometime from 2001 to 2003 after more than four-and-a-half years of development. Announced in August 1999, ''Sovereign'' would have focused on battle, trading, diplomacy, and economic power between various Houses that players could join, with large-scale guild wars taking place on various planets holding up to 500 players at a time. Each player would be given their own "homeworld" as a form of safe-house to store resources. Being one of the first attempts at developing an online game of this scale and nature, the project would ultimately be cancelled relatively early into development. Scott McDaniel, vice president of marketing and public relations for Sony Online Entertainment at this time, commented, "We came to a decision that it was not going to be what we wanted it to be, It never rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Venture Bros
''The Venture Bros.'' is an American adult animated action comedy TV series created by Chris McCulloch (also known as "Jackson Publick") for Cartoon Network's late night programming block Adult Swim. Following a pilot episode on February 16, 2003, the series premiered on August 7, 2004. ''The Venture Bros.'' was one of Adult Swim's longest-running original series in terms of years, and had the record for fewest seasons produced of a scripted show per year of continuous production, with seven produced seasons over fifteen years of production. Throughout its run, the series has received critical acclaim for its writing, characters, humor, animation and world building. It ended its run on October 7, 2018, with a total of 81 episodes over the course of 7 seasons, as well as 4 specials. On September 7, 2020, series creator Jackson Publick announced on Twitter that the series had been canceled. On May 12, 2021, it was announced a direct-to-video film is currently in production and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Legendary Journeys
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sovereign (Sons Of Anarchy)
The fifth season of the American television drama series ''Sons of Anarchy'' premiered on September 11, 2012, and concluded on December 4, 2012, after 13 episodes aired on cable network FX. Created by Kurt Sutter, it is about the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in Charming, a fictional town in California's Central Valley. The show centers on protagonist Jackson "Jax" Teller (Charlie Hunnam), the president of the club, who begins questioning the club and himself after the deaths of several SAMCRO members at the hand of former club president, Clay Morrow (Ron Perlman). The premiere ("Sovereign"), directed by series executive producer and principal director Paris Barclay and written by series creator and executive producer Kurt Sutter, was one of the highest-rated telecasts in FX's history. ''Sons of Anarchy'' is the story of the Teller-Morrow family of Charming, California, as well as other members of the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Origi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)
The USS ''Enterprise'' NCC-1701-E (or ''Enterprise''-E, to distinguish it from prior and later starships with the same name) is a fictional starship belonging to the United Federation of Planets, commonly known as the Federation, in the ''Star Trek'' franchise. It appears in the films '' Star Trek: First Contact'', '' Star Trek: Insurrection'' and '' Star Trek: Nemesis'', where it serves as the primary setting. It is the sixth Federation starship to carry the name "Enterprise". The ship's captain during the 2370s and early 2380s was Jean-Luc Picard. He was transferred to the ''Enterprise-E'' after the ''Enterprise-D'' was destroyed in ''The Next Generation'' spin-off movie ''Star Trek Generations''. Origin and design Ronald D. Moore, the co-writer of ''Star Trek Generations'' and ''Star Trek: First Contact'', has suggested that construction of the ''Enterprise''-E began during the final season of ''The Next Generation'' (2370), and that the ship was renamed USS ''Enterpri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sovereign Star Destroyer
Star Destroyers are capital ships in the fictional ''Star Wars'' universe. Star Destroyers were produced by Kuat Drive Yards, later Kuat-Entralla Engineering, and serve as "the signature vessel of the fleet" for the Galactic Republic, Galactic Empire, the First Order, and the Sith Eternal in numerous published works including film, television, novels, comics, and video games.''Battlefront: Twilight Company'' A single Star Destroyer could project considerable influence over a solar system in the name of the Empire: each can be deployed individually as both a forward operating base and as mobile weapon systems platform responsible for safeguarding multiple planets, trade routes, and systems, and carried enough firepower to subdue an entire planetary system or annihilate a small rebel fleet. Notable examples of Star Destroyers include the precursor ''Venator''-class Star Destroyer ( prequel trilogy), the ubiquitous ''Imperial''-class Star Destroyer ( original trilogy), and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ships Named Sovereign
Ships named ''Sovereign'' include: * was launched at Newcastle in 1789. She traded between London and South Carolina and then as a transport. In 1802 she became a slave ship. She wrecked on 22 January 1804 as she was returning from the West Indies where she had landed her slaves at Trinidad. * was launched at Shields or Sunderland as a West Indiaman. She made one voyage for the British East India Company (EIC) during which she transported a noted Scottish political prisoner to New South Wales. She then traded with the West Indies and Quebec and was last listed in 1822. * was launched at Rotherhithe in 1800 as a West Indiaman. The EIC then took her up as an "extra" ship on several contracts; in all she made seven voyages as an East Indiaman for the EIC. After she left the EIC's service in 1817 she continued to trade with India, but under a license from the EIC. She was broken up in 1822. * , launched in 1991, is a class DP2 type cable ship used for subsea cable installation an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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