Category:Supreme

Su*preme", a. Etym: [l. supremus, superlative of superus that is Above, upper, fr. super above: cf. F. suprême. See super-, and cf. Sum.]

1. Highest in authority; holding the highest place in authority, Government, or power. He that is the supreme king of kings. Shak.

2. Highest; greatest; most excellent or most extreme; utmost; Greatist possible (sometimes in a bad sense); as, supreme love; Supreme glory; supreme magnanimity; supreme folly. Each would be supreme within its own sphere, and those spheres could Not but clash. De quincey.

3. (bot.)

Defn: situated at the highest part or point. The supreme, the Almighty; god.