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How to pronounce paramountcy in English?

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Type of dominion, rule

Examples of paramountcy

paramountcy
Neither paramountcy nor these arrangements could continue after Indian independence.
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But, from what I can see, the Catholic Church's interests have been given paramountcy.
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Kashmir's accession to India took place in 1948, long after paramountcy of the Raj had lapsed.
From the guardian.co.uk
Both also derived from natural law the paramountcy of their claims over the State and positive law.
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The Communist Party may be faulted and occasionally even ridiculed, but its paramountcy is not seriously questioned.
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For this purpose, the courts have developed the doctrines of interjurisdictional immunity and federal paramountcy.
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Hence, it was anticipated that the maharaja would accede to Pakistan when the British paramountcy ended on 14-15 August.
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So it is in the sphere of language and culture that Fijian paramountcy can be vigorously and legitimately pursued.
From the scoop.co.nz
And yet Head shares with Riley a highly intellectualised approach to his work and an absolute belief in the paramountcy of paint.
From the independent.co.uk
More examples
  • The state of being paramount; the highest rank or authority
  • The doctrine of paramountcy is the legal principle that reconciles contradicting or conflicting laws in a federalist state. ...
  • In Canadian constitutional law, the doctrine of paramountcy establishes that where there is a conflict between valid provincial and federal laws, the federal law will prevail and the provincial law will be inoperative to the extent that it conflicts with the federal law. ...
  • The fact or condition of being paramount; supremacy, precedence
  • What a Paramount power exercises over countries or states within its control, i.e. the power to interfere in the internal government of a country or state, as well as in its foreign relations and external and internal security.