Bible Dictionaries
Precedency

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The act or state of preceding or going before in order of time; priority; as, one event has precedence of another.

(2):

(n.) The act or state of going or being before in rank or dignity, or the place of honor; right to a more honorable place; superior rank; as, barons have precedence of commoners.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Precedency'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/precedency.html. 1828.