Thesaurus: supremacy

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1. n. 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.
2. n. power to dominate or defeat
3. 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.
4. The state of being supreme, or in the highest station of power;highest or supreme authority or power; as, the supremacy of a king ora parliament.The usurped power of the pope being destroyed, the crown was restoredto its supremacy over spiritual men and causes. Blackstone.Oath supremacy, an oath which acknowledges the supremacy of thesovereign in spiritual affairs, and renounced or abjures thesupremacy of the pope in ecclesiastical or temporal affairs. [Eng.]Brande & C.
5. n:100 n power to dominate or defeat