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precedencies

precedencies is the plural of precedency.

Meaning of precedency

Noun

precedency (countable and uncountable, plural precedencies)

  1. Precedence; superiority.
    • Archimedes master of this Science, and who in truth and certaintie assumeth unto himselfe a precedencie above all others, saith, the Sunne is a God of enflamed yron.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
  2. (obsolete) The fact of serving as a precedent.

Questions about precedencies

What is precedencies the plural of?
Precedencies is the plural of precedency.

Words near precedencies in the dictionary

  1. precedence effect
  2. precedence effects
  3. precedence rule
  4. precedence rules
  5. precedences
  6. precedencies
  7. precedency
  8. precedent
  9. precedental
  10. precedentary
  11. precedented

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