Definition of precedences Precedences

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Noun Plural: precedences
precedence - status established in order of importance or urgency; "...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals"; "national independence takes priority over class struggle"
		precedency, priority
		high status a position of superior status
		back burner reduced priority; "dozens of cases were put on the back burner"
precedence - preceding in time
		priority, antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedency
		earliness quality of coming early or earlier in time
precedence - the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)
		precession, precedency
		activity any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity"

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precedence
prē-sē′dens, n. the act of going before in time: priority: the state of being before in rank: the place of honour: the foremost place in ceremony—also Precē′dency.—adj. Precē′dent, going before in order of time: anterior.—n. Precedent (pres′ēdent), a past action which may serve as an example or rule in the future: a parallel case in the past: an established habit or custom.—adjs. Prec′edented, having a precedent: warranted by an example; Preceden′tial, of the nature of a precedent.—adv. Precē′dently.—adj. Precē′ding, going before in time, rank, &c.: antecedent: previous: former.—Order of precedence, the rules which fix the places of persons at a ceremony; Patent of precedence, a royal grant giving to certain barristers right of superior rank; Take precedence of, to have a right to a more honourable place. [Fr.,—L. præcedens, -entis, pr.p. of præcedĕre, to go before.]

precedence
The order and degree of rank among officers of the two services. (See RANK.)

precedence
Priority in rank or precedence in military life, is regulated by the date of an officer’s commission, or the standing in the corps to which he may belong.