Noun: precedency pre-si-dun(t)-see
- Status established in order of importance or urgency
"...its precedency as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals";
- precedence, priority
- The act of preceding in time, order or rank (as in a ceremony)
"Questions of precedency often arise in diplomatic protocol";
- precession, precedence
- Preceding in time
"The precedency of the thunderclap to the lightning confused the observers";
- priority, antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence
Type of: activity, earliness, high status
Antonym: posteriority