precedency
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precedencies
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Etymology
Origin of precedency
First recorded in 1590–1600; preced(ence) + -ency
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Is it one limited to a precedency of honour and order? or one pre-eminent by an inherent jurisdiction and authority?
From St. Peter, His Name and His Office As set forth in holy scripture by Thomas W. Allies
Next in dignity is the Archbishop of York, between whom and the Archbishop of Canterbury the Lord High-Chancellor of England has his place in precedency.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various
One day there happened some words between the Ant and the Fly about precedency, and the point was argued with great warmth and eagerness on both sides.
From ?sop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices. by ?sop
If it had been a trumpery little baronetcy," said Minnie, strong in her new honours, "that would have been quite a different matter; but why should one give up one's precedency, and all that?
From A Country Gentleman and his Family by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The Archbishop of York has precedency over all Dukes, not being of royal blood, and over all the great officers of State, except the Lord Chancellor.
From The Church: Her Books and Her Sacraments by E. E. Holmes
This poor Congress—-let the reader fancy it—spent two years in "arguments about precedencies," in mere beatings of the air; could not get seated at all, but wandered among the chairs, till "February, 1724."
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 05 by Thomas Carlyle
It seems that the Kandyans and we reciprocally misunderstood the ranks, orders, precedencies, titular distinctions, and external honours attached to them in our several nations.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 by Various
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