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pre-excellency

pre-excellency noun: pre-eminent superiority; pre-excellence.

Noun

pre-excellency (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Pre-eminent superiority; pre-excellence.
    • Miserable man with all his wit cannot in effect goe beyond it: he is embraced, and engaged, and as other creatures of his ranke are, he is subjected in like bondes, and without any prerogative or essential pre-excellencie [translating praeexcellence], what ever Privilege he assume unto himselfe, he..., II.12

Origin of pre-excellency

From pre- + excellency.

Questions about pre-excellency

What does pre-excellency mean?
Pre-excellency means pre-eminent superiority; pre-excellence.
What part of speech is pre-excellency?
Pre-excellency is a noun.

Words near pre-excellency in the dictionary

  1. pre-established
  2. pre-established harmony
  3. pre-establishes
  4. pre-establishing
  5. pre-everything
  6. pre-excellency
  7. pre-exilic
  8. pre-exist
  9. pre-existed
  10. pre-existent
  11. pre-existing

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