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† ˈpreseance Obs. [a. F. préséance (presseance 1595 in Godef. Compl.), f. pré-, pre- A. 2 + séance a sitting (see séance), after OF. preseer to preside.] Presidence, presidency.
1581Savile Tacitus, Hist. iv. lxix. (1591) 222 Yet were they at discorde brawling about the preseance. 1602Carew Cornwall 71 Who..may for their discrete judgement in precedence, and preseance, read a lesson to our civilest gentry. [1826H. Best Four Yrs. France 27 To allow to the bishop of that city a préséance above all other bishops.] |