| 单词 | paramountship |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈparamountship ˈparamountship n. supremacy or overlordship; the office of paramount ruler. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [noun] > supreme authority sovereigntyc1374 thronea1382 chiefnessc1420 superiority1449 suzeraintyc1470 sovereignness1532 supremity1536 supremacy1547 monarchy1585 autocracy1659 paramountcy1667 sovranty1667 paramountship1735 sovereignship1817 eminent domain1850 overmastery1901 1735 J. Kirby Suffolk Traveller (1764) 154 He is only the mean Lord, Sir Thomas Allen hath a Paramountship over him. 1898 Daily News 23 Aug. 5/1 Four young native [Basuto] chiefs, including the heir to the paramountship. 1992 Current Anthropol. 33 173/1 The development of true class stratification in both Tonga and Hawaii, as well as similar structures of dual paramountship in these two societies, cannot be explained by either inheritance or contact. < as lemmas |
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