Meanings of maintain the supremacy in English

The great aim of government, whether at home or in the colonies, was to maintain the supremacy of the crown.

I acknowledge that the English ladies are extremely beautiful, but I shall always maintain the supremacy of the American fair.

That it means to maintain the supremacy is foreshadowed by the list of important works which it has announced as forthcoming.

But this vice may perhaps denote a truly French patriotism, which seeks to maintain the supremacy of the nation in the matter of dress.

It will require a strong standing army and probably more than $200,000,000 per annum to maintain the supremacy of Negro governments after they are established.

The new constitution therefore maintains the supremacy of the Imperial Parliament.

I'd like to see Luke maintaining the supremacy of the British Crown on the Leura.'

In the latter she inclined to the Romanticists: her husband always maintained the supremacy of Pope.

It maintains the supremacy of the national government on all national affairs, while observing and protecting the rights of the states.

Meantime the rain, which had already exerted so much influence on the military movements of the year, still maintained the supremacy over human plans.