Ascendency synonyms

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dominion
(Biblical tradition) An order of angel in Christian angelology, ranked above angels and below thrones.
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domination
A dominating or being dominated; rule; control; ascendancy
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elevation
A high place or position
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glory
A highly praiseworthy asset:
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leadership
The position or guidance of a leader
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mastery
Full command of a subject of study:
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paramountcy
The fact or condition of being paramount; supremacy, precedence. [from 17th c.]
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precedence
The state of preceding in importance or priority.
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prevalence
The condition of being prevalent.
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sovereignty
Sovereignty is authority to govern a state or a state that is self governing.
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success
One that is successful:
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supremacy
The quality or state of being supreme
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sway
Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side; as, the sway of desires.
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dominance
(Physiology) The superior development of or preference for one side of the body or one of a pair of organs; such as being right-handed.
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ascendance
Ascendancy.
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ascendence
Alternative form of ascendance.
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ascendancy
Superiority or decisive advantage; domination:
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control
Authority or ability to manage or direct:
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political influence (related)
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pre-eminence (related)
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  • The humiliation of the king and queen after their capture at Varennes; the compulsory acceptance of the constitution; the plain incompetence of the new Legislative Assembly; the growing violence of the Parisian mob, and the ascendency of the Jacobins at the Common Hall; the fierce day of the 20th of June (1792), when the mob flooded the Tuileries, and the bloodier day of the 10th of August, when the Swiss guard was massacred and the royal family flung into prison; the murders in the prisons in September; the trial and execution of the king in January (1793); the proscription of the Girondins in June, the execution of the queen in October - if we realize the impression likely to be made upon the sober and homely English imagination by such a heightening of horror by horror, we may easily understand how people came to listen to Burke's voice as the voice of inspiration, and to look on his burning anger as the holy fervour of a prophet of the Lord.

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