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supreme — adjective 1 having the highest position of power, importance, or influence: the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe | reign supreme: where justice reigns supreme 2 (only before noun) the greatest possible: supreme courage in the face of terrible… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
supreme — su|preme [su:ˈpri:m, sju: , sə US su , su: ] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: supremus furthest above , from superus; SUPERIOR1] 1.) having the highest position of power, importance, or influence ▪ the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe ▪ a … Dictionary of contemporary English
supreme measure of punishment — death by execution Not suffered voluntarily by those who make the supreme sacrifice. Also as the supreme penalty: With an affectionate pat, he assured the historian Yuri Staklov that he was safe; the NKVD came for Staklov that night.… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
sacrifice — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 giving sth up ADJECTIVE ▪ big, considerable, enormous, great, heavy, huge, real, tremendous ▪ financial … Collocations dictionary
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The Church — The Church † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Church The term church (Anglo Saxon, cirice, circe; Modern German, Kirche; Sw., Kyrka) is the name employed in the Teutonic languages to render the Greek ekklesia (ecclesia), the term by which… … Catholic encyclopedia
Sacrifice — • This term is identical with the English offering (Latin offerre) and the German Opfer Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Sacrifice Sacrifice … Catholic encyclopedia
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Sacrifice of the Mass — • The word Mass (missa) first established itself as the general designation for the Eucharistic Sacrifice in the West after the time of Pope Gregory the Great, the early Church having used the expression the breaking of bread (fractio panis) or… … Catholic encyclopedia
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