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precedency
 
Noun precedency has 3 senses
  1. precedence, precedency, priority - 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"
    --1 is a kind of high status
    --1 has particulars: back burner; front burner
  2. priority, antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedency - preceding in time
    --2 is a kind of earliness
    Derived form: verb precede1
  3. precession, precedence, precedency - the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)
    --3 is a kind of activity
    Derived form: verb precede4
precdent preced precede precede by precedeccesor preceded preceded precedence precedency precedent-setting precedent precedental precedented precedentedly precedential precedents preceders

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