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| of superior eminence, rank, or dignity; distinguished, conspicuous, or worthy of note above others. |
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supereminence
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adj. Preeminent. su'per·em'i·nence n., su'per·em'i·nent·ly adv. |
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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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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