supereminence

Montrose, conscious of the superiority of his talents, and of having rendered great service to the Covenanters at the beginning of the war, had expected from that party the supereminence of council and command, which they judged it safer to intrust to the more limited faculties, and more extensive power, of his rival Argyle.

A Legend of Montrose 2008

Holy Spirit; but if the unchangeable supereminence of Divinity above all things changeable, then were both Father, and Son, and

The Confessions 1999

But if we understand the changeless supereminence of the divine Being above every changeable thing, then

Confessions and Enchiridion, newly translated and edited by Albert C. Outler 345-430 1955

Reply Obj. 1: As stated above (Q. 101, A. 3, ad 2), religion goes by the name of piety by way of supereminence, although piety properly so called is distinct from religion; and in the same way piety can be called observance by way of excellence, although observance properly speaking is distinct from piety.

Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas

Nearly opposite to me, on the other side of the table, sat a young lady in white, whom I am sorely tempted to describe, but dare not, because not only the supereminence of her beauty, but its peculiar character, would cause the sketch to be recognized, however rudely it might be drawn.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 Various

We must be slow to claim for any century supereminence as the poetic age.

0 Introduction. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900 Edmund Clarence Stedman 1900

Begotten what rank and dignity he chooses, he goes on to argue, -- We attribute to Him so much supereminence as the Creator must of necessity have over His own creature.

NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works 1895

While I have breath in me, I will maintain the supereminence of arithmetic.

Back Home Eugene Wood 1891

The swelling biceps, the coat straining at its buttons over the chest, the air of conscious conviction of the supereminence of the male in the cosmogony of creation, even a calm display of bow legs as subduing and enchanting agents in the gentle tourneys of Cupid -- these were the approved arms and ammunition of the

The Four Million O. Henry 1886

Moreover, as I do not follow them that despise books treating of a certain supereminently perfect life, so for my part, I do not speak of such a supereminence; for I can neither censure the authors, nor authorize the censors of a doctrine which I do not understand.

Treatise on the Love of God 1567-1622 1884