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su⋅per⋅emi⋅nent

  [soo-per-em-uh-nuhnt]
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–adjective
of superior eminence, rank, or dignity; distinguished, conspicuous, or worthy of note above others.
Origin:
1545–55; < L superēminent- (s. of superēminēns), prp. of supereminēre to stand out. See super-, eminent

Related forms:
su⋅per⋅em⋅i⋅nence, noun
su⋅per⋅em⋅i⋅nent⋅ly, adverb
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su·per·em·i·nent   (sōō'pər-ěm'ə-nənt)   
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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