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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Age, the foundation of rank and precedency in rude as well as civilized societies, 297.

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

That precedency should be granted Peter they are not unwilling to admit, but supremacy, they stoutly maintain, must not and cannot be allowed him.

From St. Peter, His Name and His Office As set forth in holy scripture by Thomas W. Allies

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 Isaac Disraeli

He that entered the church first had the precedency of officiating, the other keeping silence until the congregation received the Benediction after sermon.’ 

From East Anglia Personal Recollections and Historical Associations by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie

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 Alexander Pope

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