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preeminence
(encz) | preeminence,vynikání n: Zdeněk Brož |
preeminence
(encz) | preeminence,výtečnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Preeminence
(gcide) | 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.
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The pre["e]minence of Christianity to any other
religious scheme. --Addison.
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Painful pre["e]minence! yourself to view
Above life's weakness, and its comforts too. --Pope.
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Beneath the forehead's walled pre["e]minence. --Lowell.
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preeminence
(wn) | preeminence
n 1: high status importance owing to marked superiority; "a
scholar of great eminence" [syn: eminence, distinction,
preeminence, note] |
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Preeminence
(gcide) | 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.
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The pre["e]minence of Christianity to any other
religious scheme. --Addison.
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Painful pre["e]minence! yourself to view
Above life's weakness, and its comforts too. --Pope.
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Beneath the forehead's walled pre["e]minence. --Lowell.
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