PRE-EMINENCE Copy link • PRE-EMINENCEexcellentia: praestantia: eminentia (superiority): principatus; prior locus (precedence). To have the precedence, eminere, excellere inter alios: with respect to anybody, loco, dignitate, priorem esse aliquo; praecedere alicui; antecellere, antecedere alicui.