superior /soo- or sū-pēˈri-ər/

1. Upper
2. Higher in nature, place, rank, or excellence
3. Better (with to)
4. Surpassing others
5. Beyond the influence, rising above (with to)
6. Supercilious or uppish
7. Very worthy and highly respectable (often patronizing)
8. Of wider application, generic
9. Set above the level of the line (printing)
10. (of an ovary) inserted on the receptacle above the other parts (botany)
11. (of other parts) seeming to arise above the ovary (botany)

1. A person or thing superior to others
2. The head of a religious house, order, etc
3. The feudal lord of a vassal (historical)
4. A person to whom feu-duty was paid (Scots law; obsolete)

supeˈrioress noun

The head of a nunnery

superiority /-orˈi-ti/ noun

1. The quality or state of being superior
2. Pre-eminence
3. Advantage
4. The right which the superior enjoyed in the land held by the vassal (Scots law; obsolete)

supeˈriorly adverb

In a superior manner or position

supeˈriorship noun

superior conjunction noun

A conjunction of Venus or Mercury with the sun when the sun lies between the planet and the earth

superior court noun

A court intermediate between an inferior court (eg a magistrate's or district court) and a high court

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