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

  Supreme \Su*preme"\, a. [L. supremus, superlative of superus
     that is above, upper, fr. super above: cf. F. supr[^e]me. See
     {Super-}, and cf. {Sum}.]
     1. Highest in authority; holding the highest place in
        authority, government, or power.
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              He that is the supreme King of kings. --Shak.
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     2. Highest; greatest; most excellent or most extreme; utmost;
        greatist possible (sometimes in a bad sense); as, supreme
        love; supreme glory; supreme magnanimity; supreme folly.
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              Each would be supreme within its own sphere, and
              those spheres could not but clash.    --De Quincey.
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     3. (Bot.) Situated at the highest part or point.
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     {The Supreme}, the Almighty; God.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  supreme
       adj 1: final or last in your life or progress; "the supreme
              sacrifice"; "the supreme judgment"
       2: greatest in status or authority or power; "a supreme
          tribunal" [syn: {sovereign}]
       3: highest in excellence or achievement; "supreme among
          musicians"; "a supreme endeavor"; "supreme courage"
       4: greatest or maximal in degree; extreme; "supreme folly"

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

  190 Moby Thesaurus words for "supreme":
     absolute, acmatic, all-absorbing, all-knowing, all-powerful,
     all-seeing, all-wise, almighty, apical, ascendant, at the head,
     authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autocratic, best, boss,
     boundless, brilliant, capital, cardinal, champion, changeless,
     chief, choice, clothed with authority, commanding, competent,
     consequential, considerable, consummate, controlling, creating,
     creative, crowning, dominant, duly constituted, elect, elite,
     eminent, empowered, eternal, eternally the same, everlasting,
     ex officio, excellent, extreme, final, first, first-class,
     first-rate, for the best, foremost, general, glorious, good,
     governing, great, greatest, hallowed, handpicked, head, headmost,
     hegemonic, hegemonistic, highest, holy, immortal, immutable,
     imperative, important, in ascendancy, in charge, in chief,
     in the ascendant, incomparable, infinite, influential, inimitable,
     just, last, leading, limitless, loftiest, loving, luminous, main,
     majestic, making, master, masterful, masterly, matchless, maximal,
     maximum, merciful, meridian, meridional, mighty, momentous,
     monocratic, most, numinous, official, omnipotent, omnipresent,
     omniscient, one, optimal, optimum, outstanding, overmost,
     overriding, overruling, paramount, peerless, perfect, permanent,
     perpetual, picked, plenipotentiary, potent, powerful, predominant,
     predominate, preeminent, premier, prepollent, preponderant,
     preponderate, prepotent, prestigious, prevalent, primary, prime,
     principal, prize, prominent, puissant, quintessential, radiant,
     ranking, regnant, regulating, regulative, regulatory, reigning,
     ruling, sacred, select, senior, shaping, sovereign, sublime,
     substantial, summital, superb, superior, superlative, surpassing,
     timeless, tip-top, top, top-notch, topmost, totalitarian, towering,
     transcendent, ubiquitous, ultimate, unbounded, unchanging,
     undefined, unequaled, unexcelled, unlimited, unmatchable,
     unmatched, unparalleled, unrivaled, unsurpassable, unsurpassed,
     upmost, uppermost, utmost, uttermost, vertical, very best, weighty,
     zenithal
  
  

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

  SUPREME. That which is superior to all other things; as the supreme power of 
  the state, which is an authority over all others. The supreme court, which 
  is superior to all other courts. 
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Supreme, LA (CDP, FIPS 74235)
    Location: 29.85959 N, 90.99262 W
    Population (1990): 1020 (293 housing units)
    Area: 7.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Supreme, LA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Louisiana
     Population (2000):    1119
     Housing Units (2000): 354
     Land area (2000):     3.413814 sq. miles (8.841737 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.049281 sq. miles (0.127636 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    3.463095 sq. miles (8.969373 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            74235
     Located within:       Louisiana (LA), FIPS 22
     Location:             29.859875 N, 90.985197 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Supreme, LA
      Supreme
  

















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