Sentence examples for claimed preeminence from inspiring English sources
In the light of it, Frederick claimed preeminence for the emperor over all other secular rulers undoubtedly an ill-timed claim in an age when separate nation-states were developing.
North Carolina may claim preeminence in the arts of pulled-pork barbeque, collegiate basketball and stock-car racing, but an order of Porsches served extra-rare will get the attention of even car-culture agnostics.
Concurrently, the theological calmness of the West, in contrast to the often violent theological disputes that troubled the Eastern patriarchates, strengthened the position of the Roman popes, who made increasing claims to preeminence.
UNITA followers believed they represented "real Africans" from the central highlands of the country and therefore could lay legitimate claims to preeminence.
But the Americans went ahead with the war in Iraq, and France's troubled economy weakens its claim to preeminence in Europe.
Some scholars claim that Memphis never lost its political preeminence and that during the New Kingdom (c. 1539 1075 bce), as in earlier times, the city was the actual political capital of Egypt, with Thebes merely the religious centre.
In 1750 Blackstone completed his first legal tract, An Essay on Collateral Consanguinity, which dealt with those claiming a familial tie to the founder or All Souls in an attempt to gain preeminence in elections.
Itō's preeminence continued in the 1890s.
Memphis reached preeminence by the 3rd dynasty.
