In a complex sentence, the role of the subordinating conjunction and the dependent clause is to establish a time, a place, a reason, a condition, a concession, or a comparison for the main clause. The subordinating conjunction provides the bridge between the main clause and the dependent clause.
The definition of Act of Supremacy in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is: An English statute of 1558 establishing the supremacy of the Crown in ecclesiastical matters.
The name Act of Supremacy is given to two separate acts of the English Parliament, one passed in 1534 and the other in 1559. Both acts had the same purpose; to firmly establish the English monarch as the official head of the Church of England, supplanting the power of the Catholic pope in Rome. 1534 Act of Supremacy. Henry's actions in assuming for himself the mantle of ecclesiastical authority were tinged with self-interest.