Preeminence vs Purity - What's the difference?
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The status of being preeminent, dominant or ascendant.
High importance; superiority.
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As nouns the difference between preeminence and purity
is that preeminence is the status of being preeminent, dominant or ascendant while purity is the state or degree of being pure.As a proper noun Purity is
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Alternative forms
* pre-eminence * preëminenceNoun
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