| 释义 |
† ˈpreferency Obs.
[ad. med.L. præferentia: see prec. and -ency.]
= preference 2, 4.
1579–80North Plutarch (1676) 993 In the great there is no preferency. 1677Gilpin Demonol. (1867) 207 This is noted of Arius,..that when Alexander was chosen bishop of Alexandria, he envied him the preferency, and from thence sought occasions of contention. |