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  2. Latin word order - Wikipedia

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    Studying word order in Latin helps the reader to understand the author's meaning more clearly. For example, when a verb is placed at the beginning of a sentence, it sometimes indicates a sudden action: so complōsit Trimalchio manūs means not just "Trimalchio clapped his hands" but "Trimalchio suddenly clapped his hands".

  3. Ecclesiastical titles and styles - Wikipedia

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    Abbess, Prioress, or other superior of a religious order of women or a province thereof: The Reverend Mother (Full Name), (any religious order's postnominals); Mother (Given Name). The title of women religious superiors varies greatly, and the custom of a specific order should be noted.

  4. Superior - Wikipedia

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    Superior: The Return of Race Science, a book (2019) by Angela Saini; Roman Catholic Diocese of Superior, Wisconsin; Superior multimineral process, a shale oil extraction technology developed by Superior Oil Company; Superior as a description of the relative position of a flower's ovary; Superior, an 1816 schooner that operated on the Great Lakes

  5. Superior (hierarchy) - Wikipedia

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    A religious superior is the person to whom a cleric is immediately responsible under canon law.For monks, it would be the abbot (or the abbess for nuns); for friars, it would be the prior, or, for Franciscans, the guardian (), for Minims, the corrector; for diocesan priests, it would be the local bishop.

  6. Primus inter pares - Wikipedia

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    The term "prime minister" can be compared to "primary minister" or "first minister". Because of this, the prime ministers of many countries are traditionally considered to be "first among equals" – they are the chairman or "head" of a Cabinet rather than holding an office that is de jure superior to that of ministers. [citation needed]

  7. Title (property) - Wikipedia

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    The person who is owner of real property with paramount title has the higher (or better, or "superior") right in an action to quiet title. This concept is inherently a relative one. Paramount title is not always the best (or highest) title, since it is necessarily based on some other person's title. [3] [4]

  8. Word superiority effect - Wikipedia

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    When the words make sentences and the letters words, not only do the processes of seeing and naming overlap, but by one mental effort the subject can recognize a whole group of words or letters". [4] G. Reicher and D. Wheeler developed the basic experimental paradigm to study the WSE, referred to as the Reicher-Wheeler paradigm.

  9. Prestige (sociolinguistics) - Wikipedia

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    Prestige varieties are language or dialect families which are generally considered by a society to be the most "correct" or otherwise superior. In many cases, they are the standard form of the language, though there are exceptions, particularly in situations of covert prestige (where a non-standard dialect is highly valued).