Now rare. [ad. late L. suprēmitās, -tātem, f. suprēmus SUPREME: see -ITY. Cf. OF. supremite.]

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  1.  = SUPREMACY 1. ? Obs.

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1538.  in Lett. Suppr. Monast. (Camden), 186. The Welsh rudenes decreasynge, Christian cyvilitye maye be introduced to the famous renowne of the kynges supremytye.

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1540–1.  Elyot, Image Gov. (1549), 146. Whether theyr natures were obstinate or proude, aspiryng vnto supremitee.

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a. 1548.  Hall, Chron., Rich. III., 51. Victorie and supremitie ouer his enemies.

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a. 1661.  Fuller, Worthies (1662), I. vi. 19. The Pope (whose Supremity he [sc. Henry VIII.] had suppressed in his Dominions).

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1716–20.  Lett. Mist’s Jrnl. (1722), I. 292. You here stand fair for the Supremity: for Men in their Dotage generally yield an implicite Obedience to their Wives.

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  2.  = SUPREMACY 2.

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1882.  W. Sharp, Rossetti, viii. 408. Such sonnets … and others of like supremity.

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  † 3.  = SUPREME sb. 4. Obs.

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1584.  B. R., trans. Herodotus, I. 57. In the top or supremity of the highest turret is another Chappell.

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