Definition of superior

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Superior (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..

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Duty :: Duty (n.) Specifically, obedience or submission due to parents and superiors..
Exchequer :: Exchequer (n.) One of the superior courts of law; -- so called from a checkered cloth, which covers, or formerly covered, the table..
Palempore :: Palempore (n.) A superior kind of dimity made in India, -- used for bed coverings..
Feudalism :: Feudalism (n.) The feudal system; a system by which the holding of estates in land is made dependent upon an obligation to render military service to the kind or feudal superior; feudal principles and usages.
Apostle :: Apostle (n.) A brief letter dimissory sent by a court appealed from to the superior court, stating the case, etc.; a paper sent up on appeals in the admiralty courts..
Prevalent :: Prevalent (a.) Gaining advantage or superiority; having superior force, influence, or efficacy; prevailing; predominant; successful; victorious..
Presence :: Presence (n.) The whole of the personal qualities of an individual; person; personality; especially, the person of a superior, as a sovereign..
Strife :: Strife (n.) Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts..
Sire :: Sire (n.) A tittle of respect formerly used in speaking to elders and superiors, but now only in addressing a sovereign..
Mother :: Mother (n.) The female superior or head of a religious house, as an abbess, etc..
Oath :: Oath (n.) An appeal (in verification of a statement made) to a superior sanction, in such a form as exposes the party making the appeal to an indictment for perjury if the statement be false..
Monarch :: Monarch (a.) Superior to others; preeminent; supreme; ruling.
Vicegerent :: Vicegerent (n.) An officer who is deputed by a superior, or by proper authority, to exercise the powers of another; a lieutenant; a vicar..
Overlord :: Overlord (n.) One who is lord over another or others; a superior lord; a master.
Saltfoot :: Saltfoot (n.) A large saltcellar formerly placed near the center of the table. The superior guests were seated above the saltfoot.
Catadromous :: Catadromous (a.) Having the lowest inferior segment of a pinna nearer the rachis than the lowest superior one; -- said of a mode of branching in ferns, and opposed to anadromous..
Hebdomadary :: Hebdomadary (n.) A member of a chapter or convent, whose week it is to officiate in the choir, and perform other services, which, on extraordinary occasions, are performed by the superiors..
Transcendent :: Transcendent (a.) Very excellent; superior or supreme in excellence; surpassing others; as, transcendent worth; transcendent valor..
Tail :: Tail (n.) Hence, the back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything, -- as opposed to the head, or the superior part..
Liege :: Liege (a.) Serving an independent sovereign or master; bound by a feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal to a superior, as a vassal to his lord; faithful; loyal; as, a liege man; a liege subject..
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