Definitions for: Supremacy


[n] power to dominate or defeat; "mastery of the seas"



Webster (1913) Definition: Su*prem"a*cy, n. [Cf. F. supr['e]matie. 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.

Synonyms: domination, mastery

See Also: ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, control, dominance, superiority, transcendence, transcendency

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