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• Precedence — • The right to enjoy a prerogative of honour before other persons Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Precedence     Precedence     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Precedence — is a simple ordering, based on either importance or sequence; it may refer to one of the following:* SPECT/CT scanner from Philips * Message precedence of military communications traffic * Order of precedence, the ceremonial hierarchy within a… …   Wikipedia

• Precedence Entertainment — was a publisher of collectible card games and role playing games. Games produced include the Tomb Raider collectible card game which was nominated for an Origins Award in 1999, [cite web url=http://www.ogrecave.com/news/precedence.shtml… …   Wikipedia

• Precedence — Pre*ced ence, Precedency Pre*ced en*cy, n. [Cf. F. pr[ e]c[ e]dence. See {Precede}.] 1. The act or state of preceding or going before in order of time; priority; as, one event has precedence of another. [1913 Webster] 2. The act or state of going …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Precedence (solitaire) — Precedence (also known as Order of Precedence) is a solitaire card game which uses two decks of playing cards. It is a building game where the playing does not have to worry about a tableau or playing area. In the book 100 Solitaire Games by… …   Wikipedia

• precedence — precedence, precedent In BrE, both words are pronounced with the stress on the first syllable, but in AmE the stress is sometimes put on the second, as it is in precede. Precedence means ‘priority in time, order, or importance’, whereas a… …   Modern English usage

• precedence — ► NOUN 1) the condition of preceding others in importance, order, or rank. 2) an acknowledged or legally determined right to such precedence …   English terms dictionary

• precedence — I noun advantage, antecedence, authority, elevation, exaltation, importance, predominance, preeminence, preference, prestige, primacy, priority, rank, seniority, status, superiority, supremacy associated concepts: recording statute II index… …   Law dictionary

• precedence — (n.) late 15c., being a precedent, from PRECEDENT (Cf. precedent) (n.). Meaning fact of preceding another, right of preceding another is from c.1600 …   Etymology dictionary

• precedence — *priority Analogous words: leading or lead, guiding or guide (see GUIDE): antecedence, foregoing (see corresponding adjectives at PRECEDING) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• precedence — [n] highest in rank; first in order antecedence, anteposition, earliness, lead, precedency, precession, preeminence, preexistence, preference, prevenience, previousness, primary, priority, rank, seniority, superiority, supremacy; concepts 671,727 …   New thesaurus