Definition for SU-PE-RI-OR'I-TY

SU-PE-RI-OR'I-TY, n.

Pre-eminence; the quality of being more advanced or higher, greater or more excellent than another in any respect; as, superiority of age, of rank or dignity, of attainments or excellence. The superiority of others in fortune and rank, is more readily acknowledged than superiority of understanding.

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