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PAR EXCELLENCE

\pˈɑːɹ ˈɛksələns], \pˈɑːɹ ˈɛksələns], \p_ˈɑː_ɹ ˈɛ_k_s_ə_l_ə_n_s]\

Definitions of PAR EXCELLENCE

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By virtue of special excellence, above all others that may be so called, as Mayfair was the fashionable quarter p.e.

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

[Fr.] Pre-eminently.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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