Antonyms for precedency


Grammar : Noun
Spell : pres-i-duh n-see, pri-seed-n-see
Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɛs ɪ dən si, prɪˈsid n si


Definition of precedency

  • noun precedence
Example sentences :
  • Among the latter, they certainly had no precedency, so far as history reaches.
  • Extract from : « The Indian in his Wigwam » by Henry R. Schoolcraft
  • The like has followed about the precedency of princes and their ambassadors.
  • Extract from : « No Cross, No Crown » by William Penn
  • But which of the Coleopterous tribes are entitled to the precedency?
  • Extract from : « An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. IV (of 4) » by William Kirby
  • I believe there is some tremendous question respecting the precedency of this lady.
  • Extract from : « Lothair » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • Precedency and precedently, have the second syllable accented also.
  • Extract from : « Every-Day Errors of Speech » by L. P. Meredith
  • For Precedency due to Baronets and their wives a Baronetage should be consulted.
  • Extract from : « Manners and Rules of Good Society » by Anonymous
  • The Swedes took the precedency of the English and kept it some time.
  • Extract from : « The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius » by Jean Lvesque de Burigny
  • Johnson at once felt himself roused; and answered, "Sir, there is no settling the point of precedency between a louse and a flea."
  • Extract from : « Boswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and His Journal of a Tour to Corsica » by James Boswell
  • He flourished in the time of Boschini, who bestowed upon him and Liberi the precedency over all other Venetians of the age.
  • Extract from : « The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. 3 (of 6) » by Luigi Antonio Lanzi
  • This produced a universal uproar—each fighting for precedency, and thoroughly determined not to be the last.
  • Extract from : « Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2) » by John Roby

Synonyms for precedency

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