pride of place

Definitions

1. 1

   The highest-ranking or first position

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

   • On Tuesday last / A falcon towering in her pride of place / Was by a mousing owl hawk'd at and kill'd.
   • Agnew's triadic postulate is not in itself very controversial, but there have been sharp disagreements over which ingredient(s) of place should be given pride of place.
2. 2

   Honor

   Honor; esteem.

   • 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."
   • The participant shares pride of place with the events themselves in our minds as we read Virgil's text.
3. 3

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

   • 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.
   • It's smaller than I'd expected, and without much pride of place.

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