Holding authority over oneself that no outside hand can revoke. In this house, what every vessel is at arrival — ownership of one's own data, meaning, and silence.
Old French soverain, from Vulgar Latin superanus, from Latin super (above); authority over oneself that no outside hand can revoke.
Holding authority over oneself that no outside hand can revoke — in this house, the standing every vessel already holds on arrival, before anything else is asked of them.