precedency

Precedence; superiority.

Noun

  1. Precedence; superiority.
    • Archimedes master of this Science, and who in truth and certaintie assumeth unto himselfe a precedencie above all others, saith, the Sunne is a God of enflamed yron. - 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John...
  2. The fact of serving as a precedent.

Origin

From precedent + -ency.

Forms

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