单词 | supremacy |
释义 | supremacyn. 1. The condition of being supreme in authority, rank, or power; the position of supreme or highest authority or power. a. With reference to the authority of the sovereign, spec. the position of the sovereign as supreme head of the Church of England or as supreme governor of England in spiritual as well as temporal matters. Act of Supremacy (also Supremacy Act): either of two Acts of Parliament of 1534 and 1559 (esp. the former), which established Henry VIII and Elizabeth I respectively as the supreme head of the Church of England and excluded the authority of the Pope. Oath of (the King's or the Queen's) Supremacy: the oath in which this is acknowledged. ΚΠ 1549 Forme & Maner consecratyng Archebishoppes sig. C.iij The Othe of the Kynges supremacie. I from hencefurthe shall vtterly renounce..the Bishop of Rome, and his aucthoritie, power, and iurisdiccion... And I from hencefurthe will..take the Kynges Maiestie to be the onely supreme hed in yearth, of the churche of Englande. 1554 Act 1 & 2 Philip & Mary c. 8. §42 Albeit the Title or Stile of Supremacye or Supreme Hedd of the Churche of Englande and of Irelande..never was..lawfully attributed..to any King..of this Realme. 1603 Constit. & Canons Eccl. ii Whosoeuer shall hereafter..impeach in any part his [sc. the King's] regal Supremacy in the said causes [ecclesiastical] restored to the Crowne. 1626 J. Pory Let. 5 July in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 243 All three of them have taken the Oath of Allegiance, some say of Supremacy also. 1661 R. Sanderson Episcopacy (1673) 55 A disacknowledgment of the Kings Authority and Supremacy Ecclesiastical. 1710 J. St. Leger Manager's Pro & Con 62 If the Party will allow the Queen her Supreamacy. 1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. 53 The statute 1 W. & M. st. 2. c. 18..which exempts all dissenters..from all penal laws relating to religion, provided they take the oaths of allegiance and supremacy. 1775 Monthly Rev. July 53 The act of the 1st of Queen Elizabeth cap. 1. which is commonly called the Act of Supremacy, does expressly relate to all the queen's dominions. 1839 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. (new ed.) I. 103 [William the Conqueror] asserted his royal supremacy over the clergy of England. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iv. 504 A law..imposed severe penalties on every person who refused to take the oath of supremacy when required to do so. 1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 664/2 Sir Thomas More and Fisher..were executed for refusing to accept the Supremacy Act (1535). 1907 Month Aug. 171 No scholar was to be admitted to any College or Hall, unless he had taken the Oath of the Queen's Supremacy. 2002 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 12 Mar. 11 Only the Church of England, with its doctrine of Royal Supremacy, remains subject to civil authority in areas that other churches regard as properly belonging within the sphere of their own inherent authority. b. With reference to the authority of the Pope or the Holy See in spiritual or temporal matters. ΚΠ 1540 R. Taverner Epist. & Gospelles Easter tyll Aduent f. xiiij He agnized no such supremacie as the bishoppe of Rome doth chalenge vnto him as S. Peters successour. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. 1. Pref. So that no man lift vp hys fynger agaynst the supremicie of the Apostolike sea. 1624 T. Gataker Discuss. Transubstant. 132 So long as he acknowledgeth the Popes Supremacie. 1675 M. Barne Serm. Oct. 17 14 They can never be Secure from Papal Supremacy. 1714 J. Fortescue-Aland in J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. Pref. 69 Possibly Rome had not then resolved to derive her Supremacy from St. Peter. 1757 in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1909) 7 189 The learned Bossuett makes it an article of faith, the Supremacy of ye pope, as does the Councill of Trent. 1838 G. A. Poole Testimony St. Cyprian against Rome 241 Arguments a priori for the supremacy of Rome, and antecedent probabilities that Rome should become supreme, tell precisely on opposite sides in this argument. 1860 J. L. Motley Hist. United Netherlands I. i. 5 The world had become tired of the antiquated delusion of a papal supremacy. 1908 Bible Student & Teacher Feb. 128/1 On two verses of Scripture rests the whole papal claim to supremacy and infallibility. 2009 C. Derry Dark Dreams 2.0 vii. 212 Revelations that threaten the supremacy of the Vatican. c. figurative. Applied to any quality, phenomenon, practice, etc., enjoying a dominant or superior status. ΚΠ 1665 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim xxxii. 387 It suffers reason to retain its throne, or rather exalts..its Supremacy..to a greater height. 1759 A. Gerard Ess. on Taste i. vii. 77 The perception springs from the supremacy of our approving and disapproving faculty. 1777 Universal Mag. July 64/1 Happy is he..who can..setting bounds to all, maintain inviolate the supremacy of reason. 1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) i. vi. 25 The disbelief of essential wisdom and goodness..prepares the imagination for the supremacy of cunning with malignity. 1859 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem II. c. 92 The grandest move..ever made towards eternalizing the supremacy of money at elections. 1941 B. Miller Farewell Leicester Square v. 81 Brighton, childhood, the past, released, seemed to surge up in him, threatening the supremacy of the present moment. 1998 Newsweek 12 Oct. 56/2 The ‘Third Way’ espoused by Europe's new leaders doesn't challenge the supremacy of the marketplace. 2. The fact of being superior in rank or authority or of having power over another person, state, etc.; dominance, overlordship; an instance of this. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [noun] > supreme authority sovereigntyc1374 thronea1382 chiefnessc1420 superiority1449 suzeraintyc1470 sovereignness1532 supremity1536 supremacy1547 monarchy1585 autocracy1659 paramountcy1667 sovranty1667 paramountship1735 sovereignship1817 eminent domain1850 overmastery1901 1547 C. Tonstall in G. Burnet Hist. Ref. (1681) II. i. Coll. Rec. 107 I fortuned to find many Writings for the Supremacy of the King to the Realm of Scotland. 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Giii I giue you the supremasie of my soule, vse it as you list. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iii. xii. §5. 150 They (who had beene accustomed vnto such a supremacie, as they would in no wise communicate with..Athens). 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 205 Man disobeying..sinns Against the high Supremacie of Heav'n. View more context for this quotation 1711 C. Leslie Finishing Stroke 4 Mr. Hoadly..thinks that the Supremacy of Adam did Supersede the Supremacy of God. a1740 J. Abernethy Serm. Var. Subj. (1748) II. iv. 149 The objects of them [sc. the sensual affections] got into the place of God, to possess the supremacy of the heart. 1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity I. i. 150 The divine being cannot give his own supremacy. 1835 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece I. 291 The steps by which Sparta rose to a supremacy above the rest of the Dorian states. 1847 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Peru II. iii. ix. 4 The Indian lords then tendered their obeisance..after which the royal notary read aloud the instrument asserting the supremacy of the Castilian Crown. 1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith vi. §4. 354 Revelation exhibits..the Supremacy of God. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 24 June 12/1 The Achenese have never acknowledged the supremacy of the Dutch. 1958 Jrnl. Finance 13 406 Under the supremacy clause of the Constitution, federal law has supremacy. 2007 Record (Bergen County, New Jersey) (Nexis) 5 Mar. l7 (caption) A bald eagle..and a red-tailed hawk vying for supremacy over the Hackensack River. 3. The position of being supreme in achievement, character, or estimation; pre-eminence. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > pre-eminence > [noun] primacyc1384 principalitya1398 pre-eminencec1460 principalness1530 supremacy1579 firsthood1619 transeminency1660 supremeness1665 primality1667 giantship1847 premiership1850 supremity1882 1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. July (Embl.) Albeit all bountye dwelleth in mediocritie, yet perfect felicitye dwelleth in supremacie. 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. C4v Iuno for maiestie, Pallas for wisedome, and Venus for beautie had let my Samela haue the supremacie. 1643 Earl of Newcastle Answer Late Declar. Ld. Fairefax 5 England did never see such..a Challenge of Military Supremacy. 1693 J. Dryden Disc. conc. Satire in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires p. v That your Lordship is form'd by Nature for this Supremacy, I cou'd easily prove..from the distinguishing Character of your Writing. 1753 Midwife 3 91 The French Dancers must still be allow'd their Supremacy of Merit. 1795 W. Mason Ess. Eng. Church Music ii. 131 By the addition of too much Air by which these Masters deprived Harmony of its absolute supremacy, they robbed Church Music of its ancient solemnity. 1836 H. Smith Tin Trumpet II. 154 The discovery that water would resist being boiled above 212 degrees has conferred upon England its manufacturing supremacy. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator iii. 154 English gunpowder has long held almost undisputed supremacy as to excellence of quality and strength. 1906 E. Œ. Somerville & ‘M. Ross’ Some Irish Yesterdays 89 It was not for him to comment on the eternal supremacy of Mind over Matter. 1961 Life 7 Apr. 47/2 If we decide to make the effort, we can pull ahead of the Russians and rapidly gain supremacy in space. 2008 Edmonton (Alberta) Jrnl. (Nexis) 21 Sept. a18 This financial crisis will ultimately compromise American military supremacy. 4. With possessive adjective: a (frequently humorous) title of respect. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > mock title sir1362 Mas'1575 gallantship1579 elderberriness1589 excelsitude1599 bellyship1600 rascalship1605 madamship1620 muttonship1632 merchantshipa1640 minxshipa1640 prerogativeship1645 fairship1647 mayorship1648 his tallness1656 curship1663 goodyship1663 Mamamouchi1672 lowness1687 ghostship?1689 lairdship1715 grandship1747 supremacy1766 honourableship1767 beautyship1772 gravityship1772 titularity1777 lordship1800 ethereality1806 elegancy1819 king1823 accidency1830 transparency1844 1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality II. xi. 183 Truth, so please your supremacy, has been sunk in..a well. 1840 R. H. Horne Gregory VII ii. iv. 34 On the part of France In your Supremacy's presence I appear To offer reverence and gratulation. ?1868 D. Boucicault Knight of Arva i. i. 7 Your supremacy is the perfection of all that is in the right. 1951 H. Hazlitt Great Idea i. 5 But, Your Supremacy, I was told I had the very best tutors. 1989 G. Benford Tides of Light iv. iv. 187 His Supremacy says they must be cleaned, purified. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1540 |
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