precedency

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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

In that year an action was brought by the Earl of Sutherland against the Earls of Crawford, Errol, and Marischal, to determine the question of precedency in the rolls of Parliament.

From Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight by Willcock, John

Is it one limited to a precedency of honour and order? or one pre-eminent by an inherent jurisdiction and authority?

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

Population gathered around them—their precedency availed them nothing—they became nuisances, by the force of circumstances.

From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old