supereminence

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supereminence - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Supereminence \Su`per*em"i*nence\, Supereminency
  \Su`per*em"i*nen*cy\, n. [L. supereminentia.]
     The quality or state of being supereminent; distinguished
     eminence; as, the supereminence of Cicero as an orator, or
     Lord Chatham as a statesman. --Ayliffe.
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           He was not forever beset with the consciousness of his
           own supereminence.                       --Prof.
                                                    Wilson.
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