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nounthe state that exists when one person or group has power over another
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Definition that contains ascendancy
- important having authority or ascendancy or influence
- authoritative having authority or ascendancy or influence
- caliphate the era of Islam's ascendancy from the death of Mohammed until the 13th century; some Moslems still maintain that the Moslem world must always have a calif as head of the community
- surmounter someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion
- overcomer someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion
- subduer someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion