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supereminent, a.|s(j)uːpərˈɛmɪnənt|
[ad. L. superēminent-, -ens, pres. pple. of superēminēre to rise above, f. super- super- 2 + ēminēre: see eminent and cf. super- 9 a. Cf. obs. F. supereminent, F. suréminent.]
1. Lofty above the rest; supremely or specially high. Now rare.
1555Eden Decades i. vi. (Arb.) 90 Paria is the Region which possesseth the supereminente or hyghest parte thereof. 1615G. Sandys Trav. 221 The uttermost promontory that stretcheth to the West, with the supereminent mountaine, now called Capo Saint Pisano. 1635Heywood Hierarchy 4 The lofty Hils, and super-eminent Mountains. 1653A. Wilson Jas. 1 Proeme 2 When they [sc. Princes] shall so much debase that sublime and supereminent Region they are placed in. 1892Ld. Lytton King Poppy xi. 348 A single supereminent tower.
2. Exalted above others in rank or dignity; supremely exalted.
1583[W. Cecil] Exec. Justice in Eng. C iii b, Be you subiect..to the King, as to him that is supereminent [1 Pet. ii. 13]. 1588J. Harvey Disc. Probl. 43 What other nation..may presume to..aduance it selfe unto any such surmounting, and supereminent honor? a1600Hooker Eccl. Pol. viii. viii. §1 Touching the king's supereminent authority in commanding. 1640Bp. Hall Episc. ii. iii. 96 Most manifest it is, that the Apostles of Christ had a supereminent power in Gods Church. 1651C. Cartwright Cert. Relig. ii. 65 The Marquesse saith, that anciently the Church had one Super⁓eminent (by Divine Law) which was the Pope. 1790Burke Rev. France 63 Were they then to be awed by the super⁓eminent authority and awful dignity of a handful of country clowns? 1861Pearson Early & Mid. Ages Eng. 90 A king of Kent is therefore the first supereminent king of England, and he is succeeded by the kings of Northumbria.
†b. Superior to. Obs. rare—1.
1657J. Watts Scribe, Pharisee, etc. i. 47 They are infinitely..supereminent to these, as God is above man.
3. Distinguished above others in character or attainment; conspicuous for some quality.
1599Nashe Lenten Stuffe B 2 b, This superiminente principall Metropolis of the redde Fish. 1607T. Walkington Optic Glass 60 And but for this [proneness to venery] they were supereminent aboue all men. 1611Speed Theat. Gt. Brit. xliii. (1614) 85/1 Kendal..for the..practise of making cloath so excels the rest, that in regard thereof it carryeth a supereminent name above them. 1651Howell Venice 203 Som were supereminent for holines, and high virtues. 1875Helps Soc. Press. x. 142 With these three super-eminent hosts or hostesses, everything was prepared for me that I could possibly want.
4. Of qualities, conditions, etc.: Specially or supremely remarkable in degree; signal or noteworthy above that of others.
1581Allen Apologie 90 b, The high dignitie of Priesthod..is..commended..for the high supereminent power of doing the vnblouddy sacrifice vpon the altar. 1592Nashe Strange Newes (1593) 65 Thy supereminent gifts. 1651Fuller's Abel Rediv., Bradford 181 The noblest, and most supereminent of all other Sciences. 1668H. More Div. Dial. v. xxviii. (1713) 495 The anointing of our Head and true High-priest the Lord Jesus..in a supereminent manner. 1787Polwhele Engl. Orator iii. 376 The Career Of Talents supereminent and vast. 1835Poe Adv. Hans Pfall Wks. 1864 I. 4 A fantastic bow-knot of super-eminent dimensions. 1893Sir R. Ball Story of Sun 320 The Sun would begin to be shorn of those supereminent splendours which at present distinguish it. |