pride of place

noun3

1. •
   The highest-ranking or first position; place of honor.

   • On Tuesday last / A falcon towering in her pride of place / Was by a mousing owl hawk'd at and kill'd. — 1606
2. •
   Honor; esteem.

   • Europe at the start of the 1990s was abuzz with organizational concepts and visions, and among these none had as much pride of place as the notion of "confederation." — 1991
3. •
   Pride concerning a place, as one's home town or residence.

   • It's smaller than I'd expected, and without much pride of place. — 2012