supremum
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of supremum
< New Latin suprēmum, noun use of neuter of Latin suprēmus supreme
Example Sentences
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Ontology and the Accident-Modes of Being.—Under the ultimate category or genus supremum of Substance experience reveals to us two broadly distinct sub-classes: corporeal substances, “bodies” or “material” things, and spiritual substances or “spirits”.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter
Here we must confine ourselves to an attempt at indicating the immediate sub-classes of the genus supremum.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter
Each is itself an ultimate genus, a genus supremum.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter
For the idea of a numen supremum did not exclude belief in the existence and manifestation of subordinate deities.
From History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) by Buchanan, Neil
Not an inch of ground in England was owned save under his authority, as enjoying the supremum dominium.
From Irish Race in the Past and the Present by Thebaud, Augustus J.
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