SUPREMACY

domination, mastery, supremacy

(noun) power to dominate or defeat; “mastery of the seas”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

supremacy (usually uncountable, plural supremacies)

The quality of being supreme.

Power over all others.

(in combination) The ideology that a specified group is superior to others or should have supreme power over them.

Source: Wiktionary


Su*prem"a*cy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. suprématie. See Supreme.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

3 April 2025

WHOLE

(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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