Definitions for: Preeminence


[n] high status importance owing to marked superiority; "a scholar of great eminence"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: distinction, eminence, note

See Also: high status

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