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preminence (1273-82)
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preminence (1273-82)

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preeminence  
  FEW:  praeeminens 9,292b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  preeminence 10,403c TL: prëeminence 7,1750 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  prééminence  TLF:  prééminence  OED:  pre-eminence n.  MED:  preeminence n.  DMLBS:  praeeminentia 2398c

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pre-eminence, distinction, excellence: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  En cel lui solitarie conquist il (=Saint John the Baptist) treis preminences (var. (BN: s.xivin) preeminences) ceo est a saver previlege de peccheour (l. preccheour), merite de martir, coroune de virgine  Ancren2 242.17
( 1373 )  [...] soient ils roys, princes, ducs [...], de queconque estat, preminence, secte ou condicion q’ils soient  GAUNT1 i 138
de preminence
pre-eminent, distinguished: 
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  Tu es cedre (=cedar) de preminence, La noble chef de sapience  Ross ANTS 905

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eminence 
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