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supremacy |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Supremacy \Su*prem"a*cy\, n. [Cf. F. supr['e]matie. See {Supreme}.] The state of being supreme, or in the highest station of power; highest or supreme authority or power; as the supremacy of a king or a parliament. The usurped power of the pope being destroyed, the crown was restored to its supremacy over spiritual men and causes. --Blackstone. {Oath supremacy}, an oath which acknowledges the supremacy of the sovereign in spiritual affairs, and renounced or abjures the supremacy of the pope in ecclesiastical or temporal affairs. [Eng.] --Brande & C. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: supremacy n : power to dominate or defeat; "mastery of the seas" [syn: {domination}, {mastery}]
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