Verses with the word preeminence in the Apocrypha (3 verses):
Sirach 7:4
Seek not of the Lord preeminence, neither of the king the seat of honour.
Sirach 33:22
In all thy works keep to thyself the preeminence; leave not a stain in thine honour.
1 Maccabees 11:27
And confirmed him in the high priesthood, and in all the honours that he had before, and gave him preeminence among his chief friends.
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