'Precedency' definitions:
Definition of 'precedency'
(from WordNet)
noun
Status established in order of importance or urgency; "...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals"; "national independence takes priority over class struggle" [syn: precedence, precedency, priority]
noun
Preceding in time [syn: priority, antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedency] [ant: posteriority, subsequence, subsequentness]
noun
The act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony) [syn: precession, precedence, precedency]
Definition of 'Precedency'
From: GCIDE
- Precedence \Pre*ced"ence\, Precedency \Pre*ced"en*cy\, n. [Cf. F. pr['e]c['e]dence. See Precede.]
- 1. The act or state of preceding or going before in order of time; priority; as, one event has precedence of another. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The act or state of going or being before in rank or dignity, or the place of honor; right to a more honorable place; superior rank; as, barons have precedence of commoners. [1913 Webster]
- Which of them [the different desires] has the precedency in determining the will to the next action? --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Antecedence; priority; pre["e]minence; preference; superiority. [1913 Webster]