Hypertext Webster Gateway: "preeminence"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Preeminence \Pre*["e]m"i*nence\, n. [F. pr['e]['e]minence, L.
praeeminentia. See {Pre["e]minent}.]
The quality or state of being pre["e]minent; superiority in
prominence or in excellence; distinction above others in
quality, rank, etc.; rarely, in a bad sense, superiority or
notoriety in evil; as, pre["e]minence in honor.
The pre["e]minence of Christianity to any other
religious scheme. --Addison.
Painful pre["e]minence! yourself to view Above life's
weakness, and its comforts too. --Pope.
Beneath the forehead's walled pre["e]minence. --Lowell.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
preeminence
n : high status importance owing to marked superiority; "a
scholar of great eminence" [syn: {eminence}, {distinction},
{note}]
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