precedency

English

Etymology

From precedent +‎ -ency.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɛsɪdənsi/

Noun

precedency (countable and uncountable, plural precedencies)

1. Precedence; superiority.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     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.

2. (obsolete) The fact of serving as a precedent.