precedency
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A true and a false tiding jostled in their way out, and after some jangling for precedency, agreed to fly together.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various
Flintyheart was second, while the others were arranged by some rule of precedency that was known to themselves.
From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by Cooper, James Fenimore
Now such a relation carries with it not merely precedency of honour, but superior authority.
From St. Peter, His Name and His Office As set forth in holy scripture by Allies, Thomas W.
As "the Lords Spiritual" are always placed before "the Lords Temporal," he is obliged to rank the clergy before the nobility in spite of the order of precedency observed in the Collect.
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 Disraeli, Isaac
