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precellence rare.
[ad. late L. præcellentia excellence, f. præcellĕre: see precel and -ence. Cf. obs. F. précellence (16th c. in Littré).]
The fact or quality of excelling; pre-eminence.
Quot. 1958 contains a rendering of Henri Estienne's title La Précellence du langage françois (1579).
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) III. 159 The dedes schalle schewe the precellence of oure wifes. 1541R. Copland Galyen's Terap. 2 G iij, Eyther by precellence & noblenes of y⊇ partye. 1669Gale Crt. Gentiles i. 5 Their Divine..Precellence beyond al human books and Records. 1737L. Clarke Hist. Bible Pref. Gosp. (1740) 9 The precellence of the Gospel will yet appear much greater, if we consider the imperfection of the Law. 1958Times 6 May 12/4 When he delivers the Sir Basil Zaharoff lecture on May 20, Professor Alfred Ewert..will take as his subject ‘The precellence of the French tongue’. 1978R. Syme Hist. in Ovid vii. 132 There was another side to the oratorical precellence of Messalla Corvinus. Some found him prolix and lacking in bite. |