paramountcy
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If it signs up to that, to the end of cover-ups, to clarity about the paramountcy of children’s protection, then change might finally be coming.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 21, 2019
But Bonaparte would not tolerate the domination of the black conqueror, and despatched an expedition to San Domingo to overthrow his government and establish French paramountcy.
From Terre Napoleón; a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia by Ernest Scott
He would have tolerated their "gentility nonsense" if they would have acknowledged his paramountcy.
From The Life of George Borrow by Herbert George Jenkins
For the rest, the career of Joseph Chamberlain, like that of Joseph Cowen, has its explanation in the passion for paramountcy.
From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) by George Jacob Holyoake
Even the sermon at first sight seems at variance with his actions as a councillor—his repeated recourse to treachery ill consorting with the paramountcy of duty.
From The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry by W. G. Archer
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