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pre-ˈeminency Now rare.
Also 6 prem-, 7 præem-, 7–8 prehem-.
[ad. late L. præēminēntia, f. L. præēminēnt-em: see next and -ency.]
The quality of being pre-eminent; = pre-eminence.
1560Becon Jewel of Joy Wks. II. 20 b, Thou knowest, O lord..my necessytie, that I hate the token of prehemynencie, and glory or worshyppe, whyche I bear vpon my heade. 1672O. Plunket (title) Jus Primatiale; or, the Ancient Right and Preheminency of the See of Armagh above all other Archbishopricks in the Kingdom of Ireland asserted. a1703Burkitt On N.T. Mark iii. 19 The foreman of a grand jury, has a precedency, but no pre-eminency. 1873M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma (1876) 397 The pre-eminency of righteousness.
b. With a and pl. An instance or species of this quality; anything in which it is exhibited; a pre-eminent position.
1555Eden Decades 343 To haue certeyne priuelegies, preeminencies, and tributes. 1647–8Sir C. Cotterell Davila's Hist. Fr. (1678) 4 The Royal House then enjoys two Pre⁓eminencies. 1757Herald No. 8 (1758) I. 124 The right of precedence, which the others will not yield, notwithstanding the preheminencies of the church supersede those of blood. |