preëminence

A form of preeminence — The status of being preeminent, dominant or ascendant.

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Meanings

noun
  1. rareRare spelling of preeminence.

    When the minister and his wife entered their new home, a great assembly of both parties gathered, and all the ladies struggled for preëminence in the delicious cates and viands they brought.

    1879, “Lake Lucerne”, in “A Man’s a Man for a’ That”, New York, N.Y.: […] G. P. Putnam’s Sons, […], page 387
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APA

preëminence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pre%C3%ABminence

MLA

“preëminence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pre%C3%ABminence. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preëminence,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pre%C3%ABminence.

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