Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The condition or rank of being paramount.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the state of being paramount; the highest rank or authority

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From paramount + -cy.

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