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precedency

[pres-i-duh n-see, pri-seed-n-see]

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noun, plural prec·e·den·cies.

Origin of precedency

First recorded in 1590–1600; preced(ence) + -ency

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Related Words for precedency

supremacy, preeminence, lead, primary, rank, priority, superiority, preference, seniority, antecedence, precession, earliness, anteposition

Examples from the Web for precedency

Historical Examples of precedency

Among the latter, they certainly had no precedency, so far as history reaches.
The Indian in his Wigwam
Henry R. Schoolcraft
The like has followed about the precedency of princes and their ambassadors.
No Cross, No Crown
William Penn
But which of the Coleopterous tribes are entitled to the precedency?
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. IV (of 4)
William Kirby
I believe there is some tremendous question respecting the precedency of this lady.
Lothair
Benjamin Disraeli
Precedency and precedently, have the second syllable accented also.
Every-Day Errors of Speech
L. P. Meredith