super-eminent
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It is the super-eminent glory of English that it counts twice in the reckoning.
From A History of Elizabethan Literature by Saintsbury, George
Self-delusion, for such it was, so perfect and complete, who could conceive—hypocrisy so super-eminent, who could conjecture!
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 by Various
Alice was in all her best clothes, but it cannot be said that she looked the wife of a super-eminent painter.
From Buried Alive: a Tale of These Days by Bennett, Arnold
No one will ever dispute Nelson's cool, determined presence of mind, in the midst of danger and the greatest difficulties; he possessed this admirable quality in a super-eminent degree.
From Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 2 by Hunt, Henry
The Gospel relates one little circumstance which amply suffices to demonstrate Mary's super-eminent holiness of life, and to exhibit her as a beautiful pattern to those who are called to rule a household.
From The Faith of Our Fathers by Gibbons, James
