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Definition of the day : « precedence »

  • noun highest in rank; first in order
Example sentences :
  • But the old sleep must have the precedence of all the new things.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • But it transpired that there was something preparatory to that, or at least that must take the precedence.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • Meeting Casanova in the entry, he gave him precedence with mock politeness.
  • Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
  • There is no other law of precedence, no other law of rank and position in God's kingdom.
  • Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
  • Imogen had been unused to the distinctions of rank and precedence.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • In this room all questions of rank and precedence are more or less waived.
  • Extract from : « Submarine Warfare of To-day » by Charles W. Domville-Fife
  • I have always heard that in society the precedence is given to the ladies.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • In this respect, European cattle-raisers have long taken the precedence of our own.
  • Extract from : « Cattle and Their Diseases » by Robert Jennings
  • Then each one dips in his spoon in the order of precedence, and eats as much as he can.
  • Extract from : « Paul Patoff » by F. Marion Crawford
  • Certainly, sir; you have the precedence, having arrived first.
  • Extract from : « The Queen's Necklace » by Alexandre Dumas pre