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Webster 1913 Edition

Supremacy

Su-prem′a-cy

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
suprématie
. See
Supreme
.]
The state of being supreme, or in the highest station of power; highest or supreme authority or power;
as, the
supremacy
of a king or a parliament
.
The usurped power of the pope being destroyed, the crown was restored to its
supremacy
over spiritual men and causes.
Blackstone.
Oath supremacy
,
an oath which acknowledges the supremacy of the sovereign in spiritual affairs, and renounced or abjures the supremacy of the pope in ecclesiastical or temporal affairs.
[Eng.]
Brande & C.

Webster 1828 Edition

Supremacy

SUPREM'ACY

,
Noun.
[See Supreme.] State of being supreme or in the highest station of power; highest authority or power; as the supremacy of the king of Great Britain; or the supremacy of parliament.
The usurped power of the pope being destroyed, the crown was restored to its supremacy over spiritual men and causes.
Oath of supremacy, in Great Britain, an oath which acknowledges the supremacy of the king in spiritual affairs, and renounces or abjures the pretended supremacy of the pope.

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