pride of place

noun phrase

: the highest or first position

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Now taking pride of place under the dome is a stunning glass palm tree chandelier, that once stood in the hotel lobby, and which has returned to its original position. Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025 The space’s interior was painted a stark white to become an almost clinical backdrop for the objects on display, which sat pride of place in enormous white boxes suspended from the ceiling, subtle pools of colored light glowing underneath. Liam Hess, Vogue, 11 Apr. 2025 To be fair, most of the contents of museums aren’t on display, but some particularly odd narwhal remnants do have pride of place. Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 5 Apr. 2025 But pride of place goes to an alligator skull on a sideboard; Wetzel killed the reptile with a buck knife during COVID-19 isolation in Matagorda Bay, Texas. Melinda Newman, Billboard, 4 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pride of place

Word History

First Known Use

1798, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pride of place was in 1798

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“Pride of place.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pride%20of%20place. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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