supereminent

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Had the President chosen this supereminent publicist, from whose pursed lips come editorial pearls, to confide an exegesis of the historic "do not choose" statement?

From Time Magazine Archive

Tennessee, unconquered by any regular-season opponent during the past three years, has this year lost 13 lettermen as well as its supereminent coach, Major Bob Neyland, U.S.A.

From Time Magazine Archive

Michelangelo's work shows none of these shortcomings; it is always technically faultness, instinct with passion, supereminent in force.

From The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti by Symonds, John Addington

But the universal of all is the conjugial sphere, because this is the supereminent sphere of conservation of the created universe, 222.

From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Swedenborg, Emanuel

And here the supereminent power of Shakespeare, in displaying the manners, bent, and inclination of his characters, is pointed out to the reader's admiration.

From The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author by Saintsbury, George