firsthoodn.
/ˈfəːsthʊd/, U.S. /ˈfərstˌhʊd/ rare.
The fact or position of being first; primacy.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > pre-eminence > [noun]
primacyc1384
principalitya1398
pre-eminencec1460
principalness1530
supremacy1579
firsthood1619
transeminency1660
supremeness1665
primality1667
giantship1847
premiership1850
supremity1882
1619 W. Whately Gods Husbandry ix. 66 Diotrephes..desired to be reputed the onely man (which is the louing of first-hood, as the Apostle calles it).
a1680 T. Goodwin Wks. (1681) I. 83 In Election Christ held the Primacy, the First-hood.
1882 J. Morison Pract. Comm. Gospel St. Mark (ed. 3) 296 The word rendered rule brings the notion of firsthood or primacy into view.
2009 A. D. Biemann Inventing New Beginnings i. iii. 146 The authority of beginnings lies neither in their cognitive contribution nor in their historical explanation, but in their conscious suspension of the factual: In the fiction of firsthood, which is the fiction also of the present.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1619