precedency en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpɹɛsɪdənsi/
Etymology
From precedent + -ency.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) 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 Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The fact of serving as a precedent.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| precedencies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |