Cardinal
Cardinal adjective - Coming before all others in importance.
Usage example: the cardinal rule of medicine: do no harm
Superior and cardinal are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Superior" instead an adjective "Cardinal".
Nearby Words: cardinally, cardinality
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Van Helsing has an agent of the church meet his superior, a Cardinal, in a Vatican confessional.
Source: Confessional -
Enforced in Dragon Quest IX: One of the cardinal rules of the Celestrians (the guardian angels the protagonist is part of) is that they cannot disobey a direct order from their superior or rebel against him.
Source: Just Following Orders
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