precedency
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These high priests were consulted on any national emergency, and in precedency of rank were superior to every man except the king.
From The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West by Anderson, Robert Edward
Who that hears them can, without perverting the natural force of words, or disregarding the laws of interpretation, imagine anything merely honorary, or figure to himself Peter with a mere grant of precedency?
From St. Peter, His Name and His Office As set forth in holy scripture by Allies, Thomas W.
And perhaps this natural precedency in authority of judgment, and the tender humility with which she declined to assert it, had been amongst the fascinations of her presence.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 by Various
Bishops of the Church of England rank in order of precedency immediately above barons.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various
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.
