precedency

American  

[pres-i-duhn-see, pri-seed-n-see] / ˈprɛs ɪ dən si, prɪˈsid n si /

noun

precedencies plural

1. precedence.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• precedencies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of precedency

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

Example Sentences

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precedency precedencies

A true and a false tiding jostled in their way out, and after some jangling for precedency, agreed to fly together.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various

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

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.

Age the sole foundation of rank and precedency among, ib.

From An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Garnier, Germain

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 Allies, Thomas W.

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

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 Carlyle, Thomas