precedency

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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

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

Huish sat there preening his sinister vanity, glorying in his precedency in evil; and the villainous courage and readiness of the creature shone out of him like a candle from a lantern.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston by Stevenson, Robert Louis

One of the most honourable privileges granted to the Athletic victors, was the right of precedency at the public games.

From The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) by Rollin, Charles

Those who disputed the prize in the several kinds of combats, drew lots for their precedency in them.

From The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) by Rollin, Charles