preponderancy

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Owing to this simple omission, the crane got a preponderancy to one side, and fell upon the building with a terrible crash.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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 Newman, John Henry

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 Gleig, G. R. (George Robert)

But whatever drawbacks may be made from the perfect by the imperfect qualities that have been stated, there is a great preponderancy on the side of virtue.

From A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 3 by Clarkson, Thomas

On the frontier we had already established air preponderancy and were also doing well now with our artillery.

From "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders by Currie, John Allister