Supremacy

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           The usurped power of the pope being destroyed, the
           crown was restored to its supremacy over spiritual men
           and causes.                              --Blackstone.
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     {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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  supremacy
       n : power to dominate or defeat; "mastery of the seas" [syn: {domination},
            {mastery}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  138 Moby Thesaurus words for "supremacy":
     accent, acme, ascendance, ascendancy, ascendant, autarchy,
     authority, authorization, balance of power, be-all and end-all,
     blue ribbon, championship, charisma, charm, clout, command,
     concern, concernment, consequence, consequentiality, consideration,
     control, credit, directorship, dominance, dominancy, domination,
     dominion, effect, effectiveness, eminence, eminent domain,
     emphasis, enchantment, esteem, excellence, exquisiteness, favor,
     first place, first prize, force, good feeling, headship, hegemony,
     height, high order, high rank, highest, hold, imperium, import,
     importance, incidental power, incomparability, influence,
     influentiality, inimitability, insinuation, interest, jurisdiction,
     kingship, leadership, leverage, lordship, magnetism, magnificence,
     management, mark, marvelousness, masterdom, mastership, mastery,
     matchlessness, materiality, maximum, merit, moment, most,
     ne plus ultra, new high, note, omnipotence, overlordship, palms,
     paramountcy, peerlessness, personality, persuasion, potency, power,
     precedence, predominance, predominancy, predomination, preeminence,
     preponderance, preponderancy, prepotence, prepotency, presidency,
     pressure, prestige, primacy, principality, priority, purchase,
     record, reign, repute, rule, say, self-importance, significance,
     sovereignty, splendidness, splendiferousness, stress, suasion,
     subtle influence, suggestion, superbness, supereminence,
     superexcellence, superfineness, superiority, suzerainship,
     suzerainty, sway, top spot, transcendence, transcendency,
     unsurpassedness, upper hand, value, weight, whip hand, worth,
     zenith
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  SUPREMACY. Sovereign dominion, authority, and preeminence; the highest 
  state. In the United States, the supremacy resides in the people, and is 
  exercises by their constitutional representatives, the president and 
  congress. Vide Sovereignty.