precedency

English

Etymology

From precedent +‎ -ency.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɛsɪdənsi/

Noun

precedency (countable and uncountable, plural precedencies)

Precedence; superiority.
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
  Archimedes master of this Science, and who in truth and certaintie assumeth unto himselfe a precedencie above all others, saith, the Sunne is a God of enflamed yron.
(obsolete) The fact of serving as a precedent.

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