preponderance
noun
the fact or quality of being preponderant; superiority in weight, power, numbers, etc..
preponderancy
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a variation of
preponderance.
Example Sentences
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Huss exerted himself with such vigour, that the foreigners were deprived of their preponderancy, and the Carolinum, under his guidance, became henceforth the great bulwark of the Reformed opinions.
From Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Visited in 1837. Vol. II by G. R. (George Robert) Gleig
And as this preponderancy may vary almost infinitely, so likewise may the degrees of assent.
From An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent by John Henry Newman
General Joubert then protested that the Boers were fighting merely for the freedom of their own "narrower" Fatherland, and not with a view to the destruction of British preponderancy in South Africa.
From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 by Louis Creswicke
The cardinal difference, and one which stands out in bold relief, is that the Australian food habits are characterised by a preponderancy of meat diet and a corresponding neglect of vegetable products.
From The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken by Philip E. Muskett
Presumption, persuasion, belief, conclusion, conviction, moral certainty,—doubt, wavering, distrust, disbelief,—are words which imply an increase or decrease of this preponderancy.
From An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent by John Henry Newman
