5
authority(noun, support, hold, break, drop)
5
earliness(noun, rank, first, superiority, priority)
5
place(noun, repute)
5
precede(verb, superiority, precession)
5
predominance(noun, importance)
5
status(noun, importance, property, rank, situation)
5
weight(noun, importance, significance, meaning, distinction)
4
caste
4
eminence(noun, support, hold, break, drop)
4
emphasis(noun, importance, significance, meaning, weight)
4
pre-eminence(noun, support, hold, break, drop)
4
preeminence(noun, importance, rank, distinction, first)
4
prepotency(noun, authority)
4
prestige(noun, support, hold, break, drop)
4
prevalence(noun, support, hold, break, drop)
4
prominence(noun, importance, significance, meaning, weight)
4
significance(noun, importance, meaning, weight, urgency)
4
standing(influence, effect, property, rank, attention)
3
antedate
3
anteposition(noun, rank, first, superiority, priority)
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