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Noun: precedency  pre-si-dun(t)-see
  1. Status established in order of importance or urgency
    "...its precedency as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals";
    - precedence, priority
     
  2. Preceding in time
    - priority, antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence
     
  3. The act of preceding in time, order or rank (as in a ceremony)
    - precession, precedence

Type of: activity, earliness, high status

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