Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SU-PER-EM'I-NENCE, or SU-PER-EM'I-NEN-CY
SU-PER-DOM'IN-ANTSU-PER-EM'I-NENT
SU-PER-EM'I-NENCE, or SU-PER-EM'I-NEN-CY, n. [L. super and emineo.]
Eminence superior to what is common; distinguished eminence; as, the supereminence of Cicero as an orator; the supereminence of Dr. Johnson as a writer, or of Lord Chatham as a statesman.
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