supreme
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
supreme/suːˈpriːm/
▶adjective
- 1 highest in authority or rank.
- 2 very great or greatest; most important.
■ (of a penalty or sacrifice) involving death.
– phrases
the Supreme Being a name for God.
the Supreme Being a name for God.
– derivatives
supremacy noun,
supremely adverb.
supremacy noun,
supremely adverb.
– origin C15: from L. supremus, superlative of superus ‘that is above’; the noun is from Fr. suprême.
'supreme' also found in these Oxford entries:
aeon
- ammonia
- arbiter
- arbitrary
- arbitration
- beatitude
- bhakti
- commissioner
- consummate
- Court of Session
- Crown Office
- deism
- deity
- demiurge
- devil
- empire
- Gnosticism
- God
- heaven
- hegemon
- high court
- Inca
- -in-chief
- Judge Advocate General
- judicial review
- justice
- justiciar
- khan
- Krishnaism
- latria
- lordship
- master
- monism
- Negus
- paramount
- Pendragon
- philosopher's stone
- pontiff
- republic
- rota
- Sanhedrin
- SHAPE
- sheriff
- SJC
- sovereign
- sovereignty
- SSC
- subject
- supreme court
