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Noun: preeminence  pree'e-mu-nun(t)s
  1. High status importance owing to marked superiority
    "a scholar of great preeminence"
    - eminence, distinction, note

Derived forms: preeminences

See also: preeminent

Type of: high status

Encyclopedia: Preeminence

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