overlordship in the PONS Dictionary

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This underlined his overlordship, but he did not attempt a direct conquest.
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However, by this time the emperor's overlordship over the empire had become a legal fiction.
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The relationship between the classes was strictly hierarchical, with the nobility and clergy claiming worldly and spiritual overlordship over commoners.
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There is evidence that thelbald had to go to war to maintain his overlordship.
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The young prince accepted the overlordship of his uncle and gave up his hereditary claims in exchange for becoming first in line of succession.
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