precedency

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He that entered the church first had the precedency of officiating, the other keeping silence until the congregation received the Benediction after sermon.’ 

From East Anglia Personal Recollections and Historical Associations by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)

And the papal precedency should only again be admitted in England on conditions which should leave untouched the Act of Appeals, and should preserve the sovereignty of the crown unimpaired.

From History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. by Froude, James Anthony

One day there happened some words between the Ant and the Fly about precedency, and the point was argued with great warmth and eagerness on both sides.

From ?sop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices. by ?sop

Few have even a moderate idea of the amazement of my hero, when he saw the critic set virtue and vice at once at a round table, without any quarrel for precedency.

From Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) by Richter, Jean Paul Friedrich

If it had been a trumpery little baronetcy," said Minnie, strong in her new honours, "that would have been quite a different matter; but why should one give up one's precedency, and all that?

From A Country Gentleman and his Family by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)