paramount
/ˈpæɹəˌmaʊnt/ noun C2- A chief or superior; (specifically, chiefly South Africa) an African chief having the highest status in a region; a paramount chief.
Plural paramounts
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So far as they touch on this case, absolute loyalty and truth are the ones paramount.
Such experiential learning is deemed paramount for inspiring future generations to champion ecological preservation and sustainable coexistence.
This diplomatic leverage proved paramount when the explorers reached the ancestral lands of the Shoshone, where they desperately required horses to traverse the daunting Bitterroot Mountains.
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