precedency

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Age, the foundation of rank and precedency in rude as well as civilized societies, 297.

From An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Garnier, Germain

The greatest age demands respect and precedency; and, as Venovali is the oldest, we will dispatch him first.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 by Various

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

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

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.