Supremacy \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.
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         The usurped power of the pope being destroyed, the
         crown was restored to its supremacy over spiritual men
         and causes.                              --Blackstone.
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   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.
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	supremacy
    n 1: power to dominate or defeat; "mastery of the seas" [syn:
         domination, mastery, supremacy]

	

	138 Moby Thesaurus words for "supremacy":
   accent, acme, ascendance, ascendancy, ascendant, autarchy,
   authority, authorization, balance of power, be-all and end-all,
   blue ribbon, championship, charisma, charm, clout, command,
   concern, concernment, consequence, consequentiality, consideration,
   control, credit, directorship, dominance, dominancy, domination,
   dominion, effect, effectiveness, eminence, eminent domain,
   emphasis, enchantment, esteem, excellence, exquisiteness, favor,
   first place, first prize, force, good feeling, headship, hegemony,
   height, high order, high rank, highest, hold, imperium, import,
   importance, incidental power, incomparability, influence,
   influentiality, inimitability, insinuation, interest, jurisdiction,
   kingship, leadership, leverage, lordship, magnetism, magnificence,
   management, mark, marvelousness, masterdom, mastership, mastery,
   matchlessness, materiality, maximum, merit, moment, most,
   ne plus ultra, new high, note, omnipotence, overlordship, palms,
   paramountcy, peerlessness, personality, persuasion, potency, power,
   precedence, predominance, predominancy, predomination, preeminence,
   preponderance, preponderancy, prepotence, prepotency, presidency,
   pressure, prestige, primacy, principality, priority, purchase,
   record, reign, repute, rule, say, self-importance, significance,
   sovereignty, splendidness, splendiferousness, stress, suasion,
   subtle influence, suggestion, superbness, supereminence,
   superexcellence, superfineness, superiority, suzerainship,
   suzerainty, sway, top spot, transcendence, transcendency,
   unsurpassedness, upper hand, value, weight, whip hand, worth,
   zenith

	

	SUPREMACY. Sovereign dominion, authority, and preeminence; the highest 
state. In the United States, the supremacy resides in the people, and is 
exercises by their constitutional representatives, the president and 
congress. Vide Sovereignty.