supereminent

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Tennessee, unconquered by any regular-season opponent during the past three years, has this year lost 13 lettermen as well as its supereminent coach, Major Bob Neyland, U.S.A.

From Time Magazine Archive

Had the President chosen this supereminent publicist, from whose pursed lips come editorial pearls, to confide an exegesis of the historic "do not choose" statement?

From Time Magazine Archive

He beholds out of the exaled and supereminent tower of eternity, all the successions and changes of the creatures; and there is no succession, no mutation in his knowledge, as in ours.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh

Yet it needs no supereminent and accessory sweetness, it is so satisfactory in itself.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh

"A name to be remembered with respect," beyond dispute: with the respect that is due the man of supereminent intelligence, the fastidious artisan, the tireless and honourable workman—with respect, yes; but scarcely with enthusiasm.

From Aspects of Modern Opera Estimates and Inquiries by Gilman, Lawrence