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supremacy - 3 dictionary results

su⋅prem⋅a⋅cy

[suh-prem-uh-see, soo-]
–noun
1. the state of being supreme.
2. supreme authority or power.

Origin:
1540–50; supreme 1 + -acy
su·prem·a·cy   (sŏŏ-prěm'ə-sē)   
n.   pl. su·prem·a·cies
  1. The quality or condition of being supreme.
  2. Supreme power or authority.

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.
Language Translation for : supremacy
Spanish: supremacía,
German: die Vorherrschaft,
Japanese: 支配権
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