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View synonyms for preeminence

preeminence

or pre-em·i·nence

[ pree-em-uh-nuhns ]

noun

  1. the state or character of being preeminent.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of preeminence1

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English word from Late Latin word praeēminentia. See preeminent, -ence

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Example Sentences

The investment comes just as the venerable investment firm has achieved unprecedented preeminence on Wall Street.

Of external causes of cold the third is, a striving for preeminence between married partners, n. 248.

Not only are the paths of preeminence untrodden; the purlieus of brutish ignorance are likewise unfrequented.

He had never known youth, he had not therefore been disturbed by its pangs for instant preeminence.

The intellectual preeminence of Mrs. Markham was equally, and no less ostentatiously, granted.

They were in a continued quarrel contesting the preeminence.

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