SUPERIOR (2)

superior (2). Superior, a. higher, grater, preferable

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Su‐pe″ri‐or, n. 1. 1. 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.
2. 2. (Eccl.) The head of a monastery, convent, abbey, or the like.