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Supreme Being

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Definition of Supreme Being

  1. :  god 1

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  1. anthropologists have found that most cultures around the world believe in a Supreme Being

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supreme being Synonyms

Synonyms
Allah, Almighty, Author, Creator, Divinity, Eternal, Everlasting, Father, God, Godhead, Jehovah, Lord, Maker, Providence, deity, Yahweh (also Jahveh or Yahveh)

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