precedency
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Origin of precedency
First recorded in 1590–1600; preced(ence) + -ency
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Flintyheart was second, while the others were arranged by some rule of precedency that was known to themselves.
From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by Cooper, James Fenimore
Who that hears them can, without perverting the natural force of words, or disregarding the laws of interpretation, imagine anything merely honorary, or figure to himself Peter with a mere grant of precedency?
From St. Peter, His Name and His Office As set forth in holy scripture by Allies, Thomas W.
He granted them their fast, but they would now grant no return; for now they presented “a Declaration” to the king, that tonnage and poundage must give precedency to religion!
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Disraeli, Isaac
As "the Lords Spiritual" are always placed before "the Lords Temporal," he is obliged to rank the clergy before the nobility in spite of the order of precedency observed in the Collect.
None of the prior pastoral writers he enumerates produced a drama, and Warton was right in giving the precedency to Beccari.
From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Pope, Alexander
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