Precedency
[prɪ'si:dənsɪ]
Definition
(n.) The act or state of preceding or going before in order of time; priority; as, one event has precedence of another.
(n.) 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.
Editor: Maris
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Priority (in time), anteriority, antecedence.[2]. Preference, superiority, pre-eminence.
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Examples
- By the rules of precedency, a captain in the navy ranks with a colonel in the army; but he does not rank with him in the common estimation. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Among nations of hunters, such as the native tribes of North America, age is the sole foundation of rank and precedency. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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