super-eminent
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Explain to me, O thou super-eminent in virtue, the nature of the game that is played on the eight times eight square board.
From Chess History and Reminiscences by Bird, H. E. (Henry Edward)
No one will ever dispute Nelson's cool, determined presence of mind, in the midst of danger and the greatest difficulties; he possessed this admirable quality in a super-eminent degree.
From Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 2 by Hunt, Henry
While there, however, he resolved to distinguish the close of his career by the construction of some violins of super-eminent beauty and quality.
From Violins and Violin Makers Biographical Dictionary of the Great Italian Artistes, their Followers and Imitators, to the present time. With Essays on Important Subjects Connected with the Violin. by Pearce, J. H. (Joseph Henry)
Alice was in all her best clothes, but it cannot be said that she looked the wife of a super-eminent painter.
From Buried Alive: a Tale of These Days by Bennett, Arnold
The Gospel relates one little circumstance which amply suffices to demonstrate Mary's super-eminent holiness of life, and to exhibit her as a beautiful pattern to those who are called to rule a household.
From The Faith of Our Fathers by Gibbons, James
