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View synonyms for preeminence
preeminence
or pre-em·i·nence
[ pree-em-uh-nuhns ]
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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.
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Of external causes of cold the third is, a striving for preeminence between married partners, n. 248.
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Not only are the paths of preeminence untrodden; the purlieus of brutish ignorance are likewise unfrequented.
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He had never known youth, he had not therefore been disturbed by its pangs for instant preeminence.
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The intellectual preeminence of Mrs. Markham was equally, and no less ostentatiously, granted.
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They were in a continued quarrel contesting the preeminence.
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