supremum
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of supremum
< New Latin suprēmum, noun use of neuter of Latin suprēmus supreme
Example Sentences
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Erat illi natus insanabilis clavus, cuius taedio ad mortem inrevocabili constantia decucurrit, usque ad supremum diem beatus et felix, nisi quod minorem ex liberis duobus amisit, sed maiorem melioremque florentem atque etiam consularem reliquit.
From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George
Each is itself an ultimate genus, a genus supremum.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter
Henricus Howardus Comes Northamptoniæ filius secundo genitus, hoc supremum pietatis in parentes monumentum posuit, A.D.
From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume I. by Cibber, Theophilus
Cum pervenerit ad sacellum ubi Sacramentum deponi debet ... cum erit episcopus ante supremum gradum altaris, diaconus accipiet de manu ipsius stantis SS.
From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, December 1864 by Various
He says also expressly: Animadvertendum sane, quod cum dicitur humanum genus potest regi per unum supremum principem, non sic intelligendum est ut ab illo uno prodire possint municipia et leges municipales.
From Among My Books Second Series by Lowell, James Russell
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