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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1531
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Pre-eminent, adj. [e.m.E. preeminent (1473), preheminent (1598), F. prééminent (15th c. in Littré), L. præēminēns.] Pre-eminent, surpassing. (Only in Bell. Boece.) —1531 Bell. Boece II 142.
Na les pre-eminent in glore of mercial than civil dedis 1531 Ib. 156.
Thy pre-eminent glore … sall dekey in irrecoverable dammage
