单词 | supereminence |
释义 | supereminencen. 1. The quality or fact of being supereminent; elevation above others; pre-eminence. Also: an instance of this, a pre-eminence. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > worthy of notice > of being supereminent supereminency1564 supereminence1566 1566 J. Rastell Third Bk. beware of M. Iewel f. 232v To Supereminence, or Preeminence aboue other, which is imported by Super, aboue, M. Iewel answereth nothing. 1574 tr. Life 70. Archbishopp Canterbury sig. Cviv The..supereminence off that princly Archpastor. 1626 T. Hawkins tr. N. Caussin Holy Court I. 99 The same ought to be in God, as in theyr source, with a radiant lustre of supereminence. 1691 R. Baxter Of National Churches xiii. 55 Magistrates represent him [sc. God] in his Super-eminence and Ruling Power. 1718 W. Gordon Apol. Use Eng. Liturgy 108 The Super-eminence of Bishops above Priests, in having the Power of Ordination..entirely residing in them. 1777 J. Fordyce Addr. Young Men I. vii. 187 He will ascribe to the attractive object a purity, an elevation, a supereminence of worth, that places her above the rest of her sex. 1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab Notes 216 The supereminence of man is like Satan's, a supereminence of pain. 1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose viii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. IV. 171 Montrose..had expected from that party the supereminence of council and command. 1850 A. Jameson Legends Monastic Orders 131 (note) I would be content to rest the question of his super-eminence as a painter on these two heads alone. 1954 Math. Gaz. 38 76 The new school of mathematical logic which is contented with its supereminence in technology. 1992 Billboard (Nexis) 5 Dec. 21 The Century Award is a unique work of art as well as a symbol of artistic supereminence. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [noun] > above a certain level > great or considerable > supereminent supereminence1638 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) i. 4 Teneriffa..out-braves all the earth for supereminence. Her high peak Teyda towring so loftily into the ayre..seemes..to peepe into heaven itselfe. 1858 S. C. Eastman White Mountain Guide Bk. 19 Mt. Washington does not show its superior height..from any position in the valleys... But from Mt. Hayes its supereminence and majesty are caught and appreciated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † supereminencev. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To place in a position of supereminence. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (transitive)] > attach importance to > render worthy of notice signalize1613 supereminence1647 1647 M. Hudson Divine Right Govt. (title page) The Phansyed State-Principles Supereminencing salutem populi above the Kings Honour. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1566v.1647 |
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