preeminence
pree e muh nuhns
- n high status importance owing to marked superiority
- Last week an upstart band of East Coast rivals called the Breed decided to challenge the Angels' preeminence.
- Among those American artists today whose livelihood is linked to words and wordplay, Sondheim holds a unique preeminence.
- Many in the West were under the impression that Japan had won the future as a sort of door prize, something that automatically came along with economic preeminence, but that is .