Definition of Best and Greatest

1. Noun. An epithet for Jupiter.

Exact synonyms: Jupiter Optimus Maximus
Generic synonyms: Jove, Jupiter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Best And Greatest

Bessemer process
Bessemer steel
Bessemer steels
Bessera
Bessera elegans
Besserwisser
Besseya
Besseya alpina
Bessie
Bessie Smith
Bessy
Bessy cerca
Best
Best's carmine stain
Best's disease
Best and Greatest (current term)
Besòs
Beta
Beta Canis Majoris
Beta Centauri
Beta Crucis
Beta Lyrae
Beta Orionis
Beta tests
Beta vulgaris
Beta vulgaris cicla
Beta vulgaris rubra
Beta vulgaris vulgaris
Betamax
Betawi

Literary usage of Best and Greatest

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Agriculturist (1844)
"For the best twelve winter apples, Prince's Treatise on Fruits. For the best cultivated cranberries, Farmer's Mine. For the best and greatest variety of ..."

2. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1876)
"Nan, Groveport, second best half peck garden peas 2 FN Perkins, Elyria, best and greatest variety vegetables 20 JI Covell, Sandusky, second best and ..."

3. A History of Greek Philosophy from the Earliest Period to the Time of Socrates by Eduard Zeller (1881)
"Even the best and greatest representatives of the Sophists cannot be altogether acquitted of these faults ; if Protagoras and Gorgias did not assume a ..."

4. The Advantage and Necessity of the Christian Revelation Shewn from the State by John Leland (1819)
"... of all religion : and even the best and greatest of them acknowledged the darkness and uncertainty they vaere under, especially in divine matters. ..."

5. The Complete Works of Thomas Brooks by Thomas Brooks, Alexander Balloch Grosart (1866)
"And thus I have given you the reasons why God hath reserved the best and greatest things for his people till they come to heaven. ..."

6. Men of the Time: Biographical Sketches of Eminent Living Characters ... Also by Alaric Alexander Watts (1856)
"... Tell," on the whole the best and greatest of his works. On bis retirement from the direction of the Italian Opera at Paris, ..."

7. The Coin Collector's Manual: Or, Guide to the Numismatic Student in the by Henry Noel Humphreys (1853)
"Dedicated to Jupiter the best and greatest. T. o. MH jovi optimo Maximo Heli- opolis. To Jupiter the best and greatest, of Heliopolis. I. o. ..."

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