Definition of "precedency" [precedency]

• Precedence; superiority. (noun)
• The fact of serving as a precedent. (noun)

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• "How ready was Paul to acknowledge in others any kind of precedency!"
• "Obama has hardly any political experience prior to his precedency."
• "Thou knowest that on this occasion it is one of these Counts, or western Franks, who undertakes the combat; and the Varangians, who call these people their enemies, have some reason to claim a precedency in guarding the lists, which it might not at this moment be convenient to dispute with them."