Obs. rare–1. [ad. late L. superantia, f. pres. pple. of superāre: see SUPERATE and -ANCY.] The quality of exceeding or surpassing; superiority.
1578. Sidney, Wanstead Play, in Arcadia, etc. (1605), 574. Either according to the penetrancie of their singing, or the melioritie of their functions, or lastly the superancy of their merits.
