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over-ˈmastery, n.
[f. overmaster v.]
†a. Superiority or ascendancy in a contest. Obs.
c1375Cursor M. 6420 (Fairf.) Þe quilest moises helde vp his hende..had goddis folk þe over maistri.
b. Supreme authority, sovereignty.
1901T. Shaw Patriotism & Empire (Young Scots Soc. Publ. No. 1) 4 We are free..to think with a lifting of the heart of the struggle for Scottish independence against the overmastery of England. 1971J. F. Wathen Great Sacrilege ii. 28 God Himself..would prevent such a thing from happening, either directly or through His ordinary over⁓mastery of all creatural actions.
So † overˈmastery v. Obs. = overmaster v.
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. iv. 176 Mede ouer-maistrieth lawe, and moche treuthe letteth. 1477Earl Rivers (Caxton) Dictes 57 If the witte of a man ouermaistrie not his frailte. 1483Caxton G. de la Tour A vj, To thende that..none euyll temptacions ouermaystrye you not. |