precedency
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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
Next in dignity is the Archbishop of York, between whom and the Archbishop of Canterbury the Lord High-Chancellor of England has his place in precedency.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli 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
Bertram could discover no marks of rank or precedency amongst these men, as they passed him one by one, each turning aside to throw a searching glance on the apparently sleeping stranger.
From Walladmor: And Now Freely Translated from the German into English. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. by De Quincey, Thomas
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.
