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preeminence

[pree-em-uh-nuhns] / priˈɛm ə nəns /




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Preeminence of zoology has been due to slender, rich-voiced Dr. Edward Loranus Rice, 67, who has instructed and delighted O. W. U. students for 40 years.

From Time Magazine Archive

All Superiority and Preeminence that one Man can have over another, may be reduced to the Notion of Quality, which, considered at large, is either that of Fortune, Body, or Mind.

From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph




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