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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1520s, from Middle French suprême (15c.) and directly from Latin supremus "highest," superlative of superus "situated above," from super "above" (see super- ). Supreme Being "God" first attested 1690s; Supreme Court is from 1689.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. final or last in your life or progress; "the supreme sacrifice"; "the supreme judgment" greatest in status or authority or power; "a supreme tribunal" [syn: sovereign ] highest in excellence or achievement; "supreme among musicians"; "a supreme endeavor"; ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 .] Highest in authority; holding the highest place in authority, government, or power. He that is the supreme ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a supreme/tremendous effort (= a very big effort ) ▪ It was only with a supreme effort that Roger controlled his temper. sb’s crowning/supreme achievement (= the best of several impressive achievements ) ▪ Her appointment ...
Usage examples of supreme.
As against an enemy in the field the President possesses all the powers which are accorded by International Law to any supreme commander.
While the Convention is in session and the accredited delegates have already elected from among the believers throughout the country the members of the National Spiritual Assembly for the current year, it is of infinite value and a supreme necessity that as far as possible all matters requiring immediate decision should be fully and publicly considered, and an endeavor be made to obtain after mature deliberation, unanimity in vital decisions.
Americans, regardless of party affiliation or ideology, especially since the Supreme Courtprior to this casewas among the last institutions whose integrity remained above reproach.
In this respect, the decision in the Florida election case may be ranked as the single most corrupt decision in Supreme Court history, because it is the only one that I know of where the majority justices decided as they did because of the personal identity and political affiliation of the litigants.
Supreme Affluent nodded, already shifting through the ranks of his enemies, trying to decide who might be behind this murderous attempt.
Supreme Affluent has gone to his final accounting, then you must come here to this very spot.
I hold you for questioning on the matter of an assassination attempt against my master, Supreme Affluent Reid Greene.
It was effaced as easily as it had been evoked by an allocution from Mr Candidate Mulligan in that vein of pleasantry which none better than he knew how to affect, postulating as the supremest object of desire a nice clean old man.
During this precarious state of the supreme power, a difference would immediately be experienced between those portions of territory which were subjected to the feudal tenures, and those which were possessed by an allodial or free title.
All this is left out of his history, and in nowise alluded to by him, so far as I can remember, save once, when he makes a remark, that upon his principle the Supreme Court were authorized to pronounce a decision that the act called the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.
This is a truly unique age, where the individual has become the supreme agent of anarchist theory, without his even being aware of it.
Gnosticism is antichristian so far as it takes away from Christianity its Old Testament foundation, and belief in the identity of the creator of the world with the supreme God.
The mortal antipathy had died out of the soul and the blood of Maurice Kirkwood at that supreme moment when he found himself snatched from the grasp of death and cradled in the arms of Euthymia.
The greater question is what kind of apostleship of Christianity did the Supreme Pontiff and his four predecessors see themselves as filling?
Supreme Court, speaking by Chief Justice Marshall, took notice of a treaty with France, executed after a court of admiralty had entered a final judgment condemning a captured French vessel, and finding it applicable to the situation before it, set the judgment aside and ordered the vessel restored to her owners.