the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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Superior
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(a.) More comprehensive; as a term in classification; as, a genus is superior to a species.
(2):
(a.) Pointing toward the apex of the fruit; ascending; - said of the radicle.
(3):
(a.) Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by; - with to.
(4):
(a.) Higher or greater in excellence; surpassing others in the greatness, or value of any quality; greater in quality or degree; as, a man of superior merit; or of superior bravery.
(5):
(a.) Higher in rank or office; more exalted in dignity; as, a superior officer; a superior degree of nobility.
(6):
(a.) More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image.
(7):
(a.) Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem; posterior.
(8):
(a.) Above the ovary; - said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part; also of an ovary when the other floral organs are plainly below it in position, and free from it.
(9):
(n.) One who is above, or surpasses, another in rank, station, office, age, ability, or merit; one who surpasses in what is desirable; as, Addison has no superior as a writer of pure English.
(10):
(n.) The head of a monastery, convent, abbey, or the like.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Superior'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/superior.html. 1828.
