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Webster 1913 Edition
Preeminence
Pre-ëm′i-nence
,Noun.
The quality or state of being preëminent; superiority in prominence or in excellence; distinction above others in quality, rank, etc.; rarely, in a bad sense, superiority or notoriety in evil;
as,
. preëminence
in honorThe
preëminence
of Christianity to any other religious scheme. Addison.
Painful
Above life’s weakness, and its comforts too.
preëminence
! yourself to viewAbove life’s weakness, and its comforts too.
Pope.
Beneath the forehead's walled
preëminence
. Lowell.