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par·a·mount

(păr′ə-mount′)

adj.

1. Of chief concern or importance: "My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union" (Abraham Lincoln).

2. Highest in rank, power, or authority: the paramount leader of the nation.

One that has the highest rank, power, or authority.

[Anglo-Norman paramont, above : par, by (from Latin per; see per in Indo-European roots) + amont, above, upward; see amount.]

par′a·mount′cy n.

par′a·mount′ly adv.

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