English

Noun

supremity ‎(countable and uncountable, plural supremities)

1. (archaic) Supremacy.
   • 1904, George Gissing, Veranilda, ch. 12:

     She was young and beautiful, with dark, oriental features, and a bearing which aimed at supremity of arrogance.

   • 1912, Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage, Chapter 23:

     That hour at the entrance to Deception Pass had been the climax of her suffering—the flood of her wrath—the last of her sacrifice—the supremity of her love—and the attainment of peace.

   • 1931, G. Wilson Knight, The Imperial Theme, ch. 8 (Google preview):

     The values of War or Empire and Love are ever twin supremities in Shakespeare.