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Meanings of supreme authority in English

Someone with the power to settle matters at will.

Synonyms
Examples for "arbiter"
Examples for "arbiter"
1
He is the final arbiter of what information should be made public.
The Irish Times
2
The arbiter on this point of anguish replied in his characteristic manner:
The Lincoln Story Book / A Judicious Collection of the Best Stor...
3
The ultimate arbiter in all such matters must be the Ethical Man.
A Handbook of Ethical Theory
4
He is the arbiter of the diverse, and he is the key.
Poems by Walt Whitman
5
Science is not, and can never be, the final arbiter of truth.
The Guardian
Usage of supreme authority in English
1
The army, with Cromwell at the head, was now the supreme authority.
A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleo...
2
He had easy duties, a comfortable home, supreme authority in the household.
Phantom Fortune, a Novel
3
His demand of the supreme authority was evaded on some specious pretext.
The History of the Thirty Years' War
4
Over all these Druids one presides, who possesses supreme authority among them.
"De Bello Gallico" and Other Commentaries
5
And you talk of making this people the supreme authority in France!
Calvert of Strathore
6
The woman in her maternity is the law-giver, the supreme authority.
Twilight in Italy
7
The supreme authority-bythe retirement of Leicester-wasonce more the subject of dispute.
History of the United Netherlands, 1588a
8
It is in fact, the supreme authority on all matters connected with coursing.
Dogs and All about Them
9
His entire nature is under perfect organic control to the one supreme authority.
Essays in Literature and History
10
Two governor-generals represent the supreme authority of the Czar over this vast country.
Michael Strogoff; Or, The Courier of the Czar
11
These two ministers seemed fixed and irremovable in their supreme authority.
A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III
12
The magistrates claimed that decisions concerning religious matters belonged to the supreme authority.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the ...
13
He denied the supreme authority of popes and councils and universities.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 3 part 2: Renaissance and Refor...
14
To her, clemency was as eminent in supreme authority as justice and severity.
Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III
15
Each one has control or supreme authority over his own department.
Football Days / Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the B...
16
This was the act by which he announced his assumption of supreme authority.
The Black Wolf's Breed / A Story of France in the Old World and ...
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Supreme authority through the time
Supreme authority across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common