PRE-EMINENCE

n. 1. Superiority in excellence; distinction in something commendable; as pre-eminence in honor or virtue; pre-eminence in eloquence, in legal attainments or in medical skill.
The preeminence of christianity to any other religious scheme--
2. Precedence; priority of place; superiority in rank or dignity.
That in all things he might have the preeminence. Colossians 1:18.
Painful preeminence! yourself to view
Above life's weakness and its comforts too.
3. Superiority of power or influence.
4. Sometimes in a bad sense; as pre-eminence in guilt or crime.

pre-eminence

pre-eminence |priːˈɛmɪnəns | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the fact of surpassing all others; superiority: the Edinburgh Festival maintains its pre-eminence because of the quality of its programming.

pre-eminence

pre-eminence noun his pre-eminence as a historian: superiority, supremacy, greatness, excellence, distinction, prominence, predominance, eminence, peerlessness, transcendence, importance, prestige, stature, fame, renown, celebrity; rare supereminence.