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Pride of place

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  1. 1
    The highest-ranking or first position; place of honor. uncountable

    "On Tuesday last / A falcon towering in her pride of place / Was by a mousing owl hawk'd at and kill'd."

  2. 2
    the first or highest or most important or most ostentatious place wordnet
  3. 3
    Honor; esteem. uncountable

    "Europe at the start of the 1990s was abuzz with organizational concepts and visions, and among these none had as much pride of place as the notion of "confederation.""

  4. 4
    Pride concerning a place, as one's home town or residence. uncountable

    "The Yankee has much pride of place, believing himself the citizen of no mean city. In the heart of the Commonwealth this pride is conspicuous, and Mr. Hoar was proud of the city and county of Worcester."

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