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precedency

   Also found in: Legal, Financial, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.04 sec.
prec·e·dence  (prs-dns, pr-sdns) also prec·e·den·cy (prs-dn-s, pr-sdn-s)
n.
1. The fact, state, or right of preceding; priority: Applications arriving first will receive precedence.
2. Priority claimed or received because of preeminence or superiority: The company asserted its precedence as the leading manufacturer of microchips.
3. A ceremonial order of rank or preference, especially as observed on formal occasions: Recipients of military honors were called in order of precedencehighest ranking officers first.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.precedencyprecedency - 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"
precedence, priority
high status - a position of superior status
back burner - reduced priority; "dozens of cases were put on the back burner"
front burner - top priority; "the work was moved to the front burner in order to meet deadlines"
2.precedency - preceding in time
antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence, priority
earliness - quality of coming early or earlier in time
3.precedency - the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)
precession, precedence
activity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity"


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In this particular, then, I may be said to enjoy a precedency over the Bourbons, themselves, who now govern no less than four different states of Europe, and who have sat on thrones these thousand years.
Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
Accustomed to ease, and unequal to the struggles incident to an infant society, the affluent emigrant was barely enabled to maintain his own rank by the weight of his personal superiority and acquirements; but, the moment that his head was laid in the grave, his indolent and comparatively uneducated offspring were compelled to yield precedency to the more active energies of a class whose exertions had been stimulated by necessity.
The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
There were no ladies on board; the Major gave the pas of precedency to the civilian, so that he was the first dignitary at table, and treated by Captain Bragg and the officers of the Ramchunder with the respect which his rank warranted.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
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