Supreme Being
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- noun
- /səˈprim ˈbiːɪŋ/
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Ser Supremo
- The final sonnets remind us that our lives are governed by God, the Supreme Being.
- believe in a Supreme Being
Something like God is the supreme being, the ultimate being, the Super thing.
- Something like God is the supreme being, the ultimate being, the Super thing.
- So the the supreme being exists.
- But, but, but we do share a love of, you know, the same supreme being.
- And they generally the auspicious way, the wonderful way to leave their body is they focus their mind on the supreme Being, on God, on your higher power.
- The only way you could reconcile a supreme being is if you say a single supreme being created all Theta.
- And of course, within the Hindu faith there's so many different branches of ways of ways of approaching the one supreme being.
- We, we argue to a supreme being who is the cause of that.
- The summum ends, God, the supreme being.
Examples
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Candidates for Freemasonry are required to declare a belief in a Supreme Being.
Blog text (22) -
I have my own feelings concerning those who do not believe in a Supreme Being, which the Bible calls God.
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You know, I really believed in God and a Supreme Being and a higher purpose other than themselves.
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Not quite his vision of the Supreme Being.
Fiction book (1997) -
Our institutions presuppose a Supreme Being, yet these institutions must not press religious observances upon their citizens.
Academic text (2009) -
We are entirely the product of divine altruism, the effect of the sheer creative generosity of the Supreme Being.
Academic text (2010) -
There is a recognition and acceptance of the existence of a Supreme Being and that moral turpitude and values derive from such a source.
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Many religious traditions teach that a Supreme Being created the universe and oversees our existence.
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In monotheistic faiths, believers often worship a Supreme Being as the source of all creation.
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Some people have a deep personal connection with their Supreme Being, finding comfort in their faith.
Synonyms
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A powerful being who knows everything that people worship as creator and ruler of the world
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A name for God used in some religions
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A name people use for God, the being who made everything
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A being that people believe created the world and rules it
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A god who has unlimited power over everything
How Powerful
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently built from 'supreme' (highest, most important) + 'being' (an entity), following a straightforward adjective + noun composition that yields 'the highest/most powerful entity.' This construction and its religious sense are cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
Supreme Being may come from joining supreme, meaning 'the highest', and being, meaning 'a living thing' or 'existence', creating the picture of one highest being above all others. That's why it is used to mean 'the perfect, all-powerful creator'.