"pre-excellency" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From pre- + excellency. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|excellency}} pre- + excellency Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} pre-excellency (uncountable)
  1. (obsolete) Pre-eminent superiority; pre-excellence. Tags: obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pre-excellency-en-noun-PdrqB4rU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pre-

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          "text": "Miserable man with all his wit cannot in effect goe beyond it: he is embraced, and engaged, and as other creatures of his ranke are, he is subjected in like bondes, and without any prerogative or essential pre-excellencie [translating praeexcellence], what ever Privilege he assume unto himselfe, he is of very meane condition."
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