precedence

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To get anything done, the House must proceed by special order, and as it is essential to pass the appropriations to keep up the government, a precedence was allowed to business reported by that committee which in effect gave it a position of mastery.

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  1. noun The fact, state, or right of preceding; priority: Applications arriving first will receive precedence.
  2. noun Priority claimed or received because of preeminence or superiority: The company asserted its precedence as the leading manufacturer of microchips.
  3. noun A ceremonial order of rank or preference, especially as observed on formal occasions: Recipients of military honors were called in order of precedence—highest ranking officers first.

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  • The organisers gave two contradictory reasons: one was that a group of VIPs had taken precedence, the other was that the site had to be closed suddenly for two days. —  The Greenpeace weblog
  • And the precedence should be recognized that God is the foremost reason; nevertheless, it should be affirmed that my acceptance acted in the plan of Grace as an accompanying reason. —  ScreenTalk
  • And to tell these people that your physical patrons take precedence is a subtle message that they are less important than the people who could make it to the library. —  Information Wants To Be Free
  • Considering the books made available by this organization, through their website, a precedence is being set. —  Civil War Memory
  • Forget about right of privacy or Roe v. Wade precedence, these bills clearly violate the establishment clause of the first amendment. —  The Christian Post RSS Feed
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  1. from Old French precedence, French précédence = Spanish Portuguese precedencia = Italian precedenza, from Middle Latin præcedentia, precedence, from Latin præceden(t-)s, present participle of præcedere, go before: see precedent.
 

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