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Definition of Paramountcy
1. Noun. The state of being paramount; the highest rank or authority.
Definition of Paramountcy
1. Noun. The fact or condition of being paramount; supremacy, precedence. (defdate from 17th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Paramountcy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Paramountcy
Literary usage of Paramountcy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Democracy and the Eastern Question: The Problem of the Far East as by Thomas Franklin Millard (1919)
"One of the first moves of the Tokio Government was to try to obtain the recognition
and confirmation of Japan's paramountcy, or special position in China. ..."
2. Korea by Angus Hamilton (1904)
"CHAPTER XI Japan in Korea—Historical associations—In Old Fusan— Political and
economic interests—Abuse of paramountcy SOUTHERN KOREA bears many evidences of ..."
3. A Zulu-English Dictionary with Notes on Pronunciation: With Notes on by Alfred T. Bryant (1905)
"... became considerably incensed against them, and feeling himself now to have
won by conquest the paramountcy over all adjacent tribes formerly recognising ..."
4. Treaty of Peace with Germany by Germany (1918- ), Germany (1918- ) Treaties, etc. 1918-, Allied and Associated Powers (1914-1920), United States Congress Senate, Germany, etc. 1918 Treaties, June 28 Treaty with Germany, 1919 (1919)
"was translated in a way to amount to a recognition of Japan's paramountcy in China.
The Chinese Government was naturally dum- founded at this thing, ..."
5. Treaty of Peace with Germany by Germany (1918- ), Germany (1918- ) Treaties, etc. 1918-, Allied and Associated Powers (1914-1920), United States Congress Senate, Germany, etc. 1918 Treaties, June 28 Treaty with Germany, 1919 (1919)
"was translated in a way to amount to a recognition of Japan's paramountcy in China.
The Chinese Government was naturally dum- founded at this thing, ..."
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