Su*prem"a*cy (?), n.
[Cf. F. suprématie.
See Supreme.]
The state of being supreme, or in the highest station of power; highest or supreme authority or power; as,
the supremacy of a king or a parliament.
The usurped power of the pope being destroyed, the crown was restored to its supremacy over spiritual men and causes.
Blackstone. Oath supremacy, an oath which
acknowledges the supremacy
of the sovereign in spiritual affairs, and
renounced or abjures the supremacy of the pope in ecclesiastical or temporal affairs. [Eng.] Brande & C.
Hear it pronounced