(n.) A superior lord, to whom fealty is due; a feudal lord; a lord paramount.
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Suzerainty
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(n.) The dominion or authority of a suzerain; paramount authority.
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(1) , the greatest fallacy of all is the belief that "the power, the knowledge and the legitimacy of the international community" are unlimited and enshrined in some Anglo-American suzerainty.
(2) Just as Iraq and Afghanistan have heralded the US's retreat from global suzerainty, so federal chaos is undermining faith in the system of government.