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supereminence

supereminence


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Supereminence  \Su`per*em"i*nence\,  Supereminency 
  \Su`per*em"i*nen*cy\,  n.  [L.  supereminentia.] 
  The  quality  or  state  of  being  supereminent;  distinguished 
  eminence;  as  the  supereminence  of  Cicero  as  an  orator,  or 
  Lord  Chatham  as  a  statesman.  --Ayliffe. 
 
  He  was  not  forever  beset  with  the  consciousness  of  his 
  own  supereminence.  --Prof. 
  Wilson.