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PRECEDENCY
precession, precedence, precedency
(noun) the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)
priority, antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedency
(noun) preceding in time
precedence, precedency, priority
(noun) status established in order of importance or urgency; “...its precedence as the world’s leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals”; “national independence takes priority over class struggle”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
precedency (countable and uncountable, plural precedencies)
Precedence; superiority.
(obsolete) The fact of serving as a precedent.
Source: Wiktionary
Pre*ced"ence, Pre*ced"en*cy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. précédence. See Precede.]
1. The act or state of preceding or going before in order of time; priority; as, one event has precedence of another.
2. The act or state of going or being before in rank or dignity, or the place of honor; right to a more honorable place; superior rank; as, barons have precedence of commoners. Which of them [the different desires] has the precedency in determining the will to the next action Locke.
Syn.
– Antecedence; priority; preĂ«minence; preference; superiority.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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