juniorityn.
/ˌdʒuːnɪˈɒrᵻti/, U.S. /dʒunˈjɔrədi/ a. The state or condition of being junior (in age, appointment, or rank); youthfulness; lower position; later standing.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > source or principle of life > age > [noun] > condition of being younger
juniority1598
juniorship1881
the world > people > person > junior person > [noun] > state of being
youngershipOE
punyship1581
juniority1598
juniorship1794
society > authority > office > holder of office > [noun] > subordinate > condition of being junior in office
juniority1598
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > recency > [noun] > being more recent
juniority1846
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 54/2 Iunioritye or youth, and good temperature are profitable vnto the resanation of woundes.
1612 T. Heywood Apol. for Actors i. 30 It becomes my juniority rather to be pupil'd my selfe then to instruct others.
1668 in 3rd Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1872) 327/1 All the Aldermen went into the Hall, and there with them, according to my juniority I took my place uppon the bench.
1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. i. xxi. 270 Presuming a difference of authorship between the two poems, I feel less convinced about the supposed juniority of the Odyssey.
b. A name proposed for Borough-English.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > [noun] > hereditary > right of youngest
Borough-English1327
borough-kind1577
borough-tenurea1670
juniority1882
junior-right1882
ultimogeniture1882
1882 C. Elton Orig. Eng. Hist. viii. 185 We have a choice between ‘ultimogeniture’..or one must coin a new phrase, like juniority or junior-right.
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