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单词 supereminency
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supereminencyn.

Brit. /ˌsuːpərˈɛmᵻnənsi/, /ˌsjuːpərˈɛmᵻnənsi/, U.S. /ˌsupərˈɛmənənsi/
Forms: 1500s–1600s supereminencie, 1500s– supereminency, 1600s supereminencye.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin supereminentia.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin supereminentia (see supereminence n.); compare -y suffix3, -ency suffix. Compare earlier supereminent adj. and slightly later supereminence n.
Now rare (archaic in later use).
= supereminence n.In quot. 1866-7 with possessive as a fictitious title of rank.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > worthy of notice > of being supereminent
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1564 E. Grindal Serm. Funeral Prince Ferdinandus sig. B.iij I do not here except the pretensed supereminencie of the Popes holines.
1607 T. Rogers Faith, Doctr., & Relig. 197 They ratified the degrees of ecclesiasticall supereminencie, at the first, and most famous Councell at Nice.
1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes iii. §62. 301 Records..which by an excellency and super-eminency are called Scriptures.
1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) iv. 191 The supereminency of the hill.
a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1684) i. 31 A kind of Sceptre in their hands, denoting their supereminencies.
1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 95 The Archbishop of Canterbury, as he is Primate over all England..has a Super-eminency..over the Archbishop of York.
1790 C. Moore Full Inq. Suicide II. vi. iii. 118 The dignity and supereminency of love.
1831 Gentleman's Mag. May 446/1 The Fine Arts of the present day are not distinguished by the towering supereminency of a single individual.
1866–7 S. Baring-Gould Curious Myths Middle Ages (1894) 45 The palace in which our Supereminency [sc. Prester John] resides.
1902 Amer. Physician Nov. 340/1 The day may yet dawn when the supereminency of the knife may fall before the dominancy of the milder means.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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