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excellence(dictionary)
par excellence(dictionary)
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par excellence (iou)



par excellence adverbial & adjectival phr. L17.
[French from Latin per excellentiam by virtue of excellence.]
Pre-eminent(ly); supreme(ly), above all. Now usu. as postpositive adjective.
A. Carter Saskia..started that cookery series; now she's the TV chef par excellence. D. Morgan Pentecostalism..was emerging as the religion par excellence of the media age.