Souvenir

soov-ner', n. A remembrancer; keepsake. [F., fr. souvenir, to remember, L. sub venire, to come up, to come to mind.] Sovereign, suv'er-in or sov'rin, a. Supreme in power; superior to all others; chief; po e ing, or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; controlling; predominant. — n. One who exercises supreme control; a gold coin of Eng., bearing an effigy of the head of the reigning king or queen = £1, about $4.84. [ME. and OF. so vera in, fr. LL. super an us, chief, principal, super (q. v.), above.] — Sovereignty, -er-in or -rin-ti, n. Exercise of, or right to exercise, supreme power dominion. [OF. soverainte.]