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I know there is a Supreme Being who rules the affairs of men and whose goodness and mercy have always followed the American people, and I know He will not turn from us now if we humbly and reverently seek His powerful aid.
Grover Cleveland

Meaning of "Supreme Being" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SUPREME BEING

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUPREME BEING

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determiner
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Supreme Being is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SUPREME BEING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Supreme Being

Supreme Being

Supreme Being, higher being, and higher power are terms for philosophical conceptions of God. The terms are used by theologists and philosophers of many religious faiths, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and deism.

Definition of Supreme Being in the English dictionary

The definition of Supreme Being in the dictionary is the most exalted being; God.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SUPREME BEING

Suprematism
Suprematist
supreme
supreme commander
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Judicature
supreme sacrifice
Supreme Soviet
Supreme Truth Cult
supremely
supremeness
supremity
supremo
Supt
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Suqutra
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sura
Surabaja
Surabaya

WORDS THAT END LIKE SUPREME BEING

ageing
anti-ageing
being
blueing
call into being
canoeing
cueing
dyeing
far-seeing
for the time being
horseshoeing
human being
seeing
sightseeing
snowshoeing
swingeing
tie-dyeing
unseeing
wellbeing
whingeing

Synonyms and antonyms of Supreme Being in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Supreme Being» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SUPREME BEING

Find out the translation of Supreme Being to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Supreme Being from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Supreme Being» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

至高无上的存在
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Ser Supremo
570 millions of speakers

English

Supreme Being
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सुप्रीम होने के नाते
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الكائن الأسمى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Высшее Существо
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Ser Supremo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সর্বোচ্চ হচ্ছে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

être Suprême
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Makhluk Tertinggi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Supreme Being
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

至高
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

최극 존재
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Supreme Being
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Là tối cao
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உச்ச இருப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सर्वोच्च होणारे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yüce varlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Essere Supremo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Najwyższa Istota
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вища Істота
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Fiinta Suprema
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Supreme Being
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Opperwese
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Supreme Being
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Supreme Being
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Supreme Being

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SUPREME BEING»

The term «Supreme Being» is regularly used and occupies the 65.415 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SUPREME BEING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Supreme Being» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Supreme Being» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Supreme Being

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6 QUOTES WITH «SUPREME BEING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Supreme Being.
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John James Audubon
Surrounded by all the members of my dear family, enjoying the affection of numerous friends, who have never abandoned me, and possessing a sufficient share of all that contributes to make life agreeable, I lift my grateful eyes towards the Supreme Being and feel that I am happy.
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Grover Cleveland
I know there is a Supreme Being who rules the affairs of men and whose goodness and mercy have always followed the American people, and I know He will not turn from us now if we humbly and reverently seek His powerful aid.
3
William O. Douglas
We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being.
4
Joseph de Maistre
We are all bound to the throne of the Supreme Being by a flexible chain which restrains without enslaving us. The most wonderful aspect of the universal scheme of things is the action of free beings under divine guidance.
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Thomas More
And, indeed, though they differ concerning other things, yet all agree in this: that they think there is one Supreme Being that made and governs the world, whom they call, in the language of their country, Mithras.
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Robert Vaughn
By virtue of believing in a Supreme Being one embraces certain mysteries.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUPREME BEING»

Discover the use of Supreme Being in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Supreme Being and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Tsuni-Goam: the Supreme Being of the Khoi-khoi
Theophilus Hahn. children to the thinly disguised contempt of the foreigners, rendered fruitless all attempts to gain deeper insight into their religious ideas, partly through a natural shyness and fear of ridicule, but chiefly through a stubborn ...
Theophilus Hahn, 2013
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The revolution against the Church: from reason to the ...
Written by one of the foremost authorities on the French Revolution, The Revolution against the Church will be on interest to students and researchers in the history of France and the history of religion.
Michel Vovelle, 1991
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On the Eternity of the Supreme Being: A Poetical Essay
Which three persons aforesaid shall give out a Subject, which Subject JJoall for the first Tear be one or other of the Perfections or Attributes of the Supreme Being , and so the succeeding Tears, till the Subject is exhausted; and afterwards the ...
Christopher Smart, 1750
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On the Goodness of the Supreme Being: A Poetical Essay
Which three persons aforesaid shall give out a Subject, which Subject shall for the first Tear be one or other os the Perfections or Attributes of the- Supreme Being, and so the succeeding Tears, till the Subjecl is exhausted; and afterwards the ...
Christopher Smart, 1756
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On the immensity of the Supreme being, a poetical essay
Which three persons aforesaid shall give out a Subject, which Subject shall for the firs Tear be one or other os the Perfections or Attributes of the Supreme Being , and so the succeeding Years, till the Subject is exhausted -y and afterwards the  ...
Christopher Smart, 1751
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On the omniscience of the supreme being, a poetical essay
Which three persons aforesaid shall give out a Subjecl, which Subjecl shall for the first Year be one or other of the Perfections or Attributes of the Supreme Being , and so the succeeding Tears, till the Subjecl is exhausted; and afterwards the ...
Christopher Smart, 1756
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On the existence of the supreme being
book i. bute to the Supreme Being. Mere reason, he maintains, cannot possibly ascertain the real objective existence of the Supreme Being. Its God is only an ideal of its own. indepen- The existence of a may be said to be independent exist - J ...
Robert Anchor Thompson, 1855
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Christian Theism: On the character of the supreme being
167 race, — that natural theology has been largely in- book iv. debted to them, for its ability to establish a doc- > — □• — ' trine of the Supreme Being. There is a revelation of God in man and nature, yet it has not been interpreted without ...
Robert Anchor Thompson, 1855
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Hymns to the Supreme Being: in imitation of the Eastern songs
in imitation of the Eastern songs Edward King. Ezekiel c.xxxiv. ver. i2toi6. ver. 23 to 28. c. xxxv. ver. 14. c. xxxvi. ver. 8 to 15. c. xxxvi. ver. 21 to 25. ver. 28. -ver. 34, 35- c.xxxvii.ver. 12 to 14. ver. 21 to 28. c.xxxix. ver. 25 to 29. Hosea c. i. ver.
Edward King, 1780
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The doctrine of a supreme being vindicated, and the fallacy ...
DOCTRINE. OF. A. SUPREME. BEING. VINDICATED,. AND THE FALLACY OF INFIDEL ARGUMENTS EXPOSED AND REFUTED: Being Steictuees on a Lectuee deliveeed at Heywood, Juke ICth, 1852, by Me. G. J. Holyoake, of IjOndon, "On ...
Woodville Woodman, George Jacob Holyoake, 1852

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUPREME BEING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Supreme Being is used in the context of the following news items.
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Supreme Court Ignores Our Constitution and Wears the Hats of …
Supreme Court Ignores Our Constitution and Wears the Hats of Obama-type ... self-deigned 'supreme beings' in the beginnings of a coup d'état for outright ... «Canada Free Press, Jul 15»
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Your View: Supreme Being overrules Supreme Court
Nothing published in The Standard-Times has yet to express God's opinion on the Supreme Court's recent decision on same-sex marriage. No, I don't claim to ... «SouthCoastToday.com, Jul 15»
3
Long Island Pastor Apologizes For Church Sign Criticizing Same …
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a watershed ruling last Friday that essentially ... Avenue reads: “THE SUPREME COURT IS NOT THE SUPREME BEING!”. «Patch.com, Jul 15»
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Bush, Carson, Walker: Protect Religious Liberty, State's Rights
I believe the Supreme Court should have allowed the states to make this decision," ... voice on something only the Supreme Being can do — redefine marriage. «Newsmax, Jun 15»
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Huckabee Takes Aim at Court Activism on Gay Marriage
“It is not the supreme being. It cannot overrule God.” Marbury v. Madison, an 1803 landmark case, created the process of judicial review, by which Supreme ... «RealClearPolitics, May 15»
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Mike Huckabee: Next president must obey 'Supreme Being' instead …
Republican presidential candidate Mick Huckabee insisted on Sunday that the president of the United States would not have to follow a ruling that struck down ... «Raw Story, May 15»
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Mike Huckabee: The Supreme Court can't overrule God
"I respect the courts, but the Supreme Court is only that -- the supreme of the courts. It is not the supreme being. It cannot overrule God," he said. "When it comes ... «CNN, Apr 15»
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EXCLUSIVE: Lawmaker asks would-be SC judges about 'Supreme
A Republican S.C. House member wants to know about the “personal relationship” that would-be state judges have with the “Supreme Being,” whether they ... «The State, Jan 15»
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Supreme beings of leisure: Column
By the end of the 21st century, will human beings be supreme beings of leisure? Or will we be irrelevant? That's the discussion people are having more and ... «USA TODAY, Jul 14»
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There are states where you technically can't hold public office if you …
Eight state constitutions include restrictions on people who don't believe in a supreme being. In Arkansas, denying the existence of God means you can't hold ... «Washington Post, Jul 14»

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