supreme ruler

collocation in English

meaningsofsupremeandruler

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supreme
adjective
uk
/suːˈpriːm/us
/suːˈpriːm/
having the highest rank, level, ...
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ruler
noun[C]
uk
/ˈruː.lər/us
/ˈruː.lɚ/
the leader of ...
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(Definition ofsupremeandrulerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Is he just to be an overlord dealing with powerful vassals who sometimes get too powerful, or is he to be a kind ofsupremerulerhimself?
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This makes the country a monarchy, with absolute power of thesupremeruler.
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It is not known whether his brothers accepted him assupremeruleror if he forced it upon them.
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Mudd is now thesupremerulerof a planet of androids who cater to his every whim.
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The power of thesupremerulerwas limited by the council of largest military-tribal aristocracy.
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In all these instances, the incorporated people would pay respect and show allegiance to thesupremeruler.
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The emperor was the high priest of the state religion and thesupremeruler.
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Monarchy was the form of government of most tribes; thesupremerulerwas the chief, or cacique, who, surrounded by his princes, formed the nobility.
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The learned patriarch reports that they have nosupremerulerand abide in some distant northern lands.
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This delegate status implies the absence of a separation of powers; both judicial and executive powers were concentrated in the person of thesupremeruler(caliph or otherwise).
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The malim was a court (presided over by thesupremerulerhimself or his governor) that heard complaints addressed to it by virtually any offended party.
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Occasionally, the word could be used to designate other, secular, supreme rulers.
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