precedencyn.

Brit.

/ˈprɛsᵻd(ə)nsi/, U.S.

/ˈprɛsədnsi/

Forms: 1500s–1600s precedencie, 1600s preceedency, 1600s presidency, 1600s– precedency; Scottish pre-1700 precedencie, pre-1700 precidencie, pre-1700 1700s– precedency.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: precedent adj., -ency suffix.

Etymology: Apparently < precedent adj. (although this is first attested slightly later in the sense relevant to sense 1a): see -ency suffix. Compare earlier precedence n. (and the Romance cognates cited at that entry) and slightly later antecedency n.

a. Superiority, pre-eminence; primacy; = precedence n. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being better or superior > [noun]

advantagea1393

prioritya1425

prerogativec1425

prestance1470

betterness1492

superioritya1500

majority1552

start1569

melioritya1586

precedence1587

superiorship1587

precedency1593

priory1600

preferency1602

preference1603

precession1613

betterhood1615

prestancy1615

eminence1702

superiorness1730

1593 T. Bilson Perpetual Govt. Christes Church xvi. 399 Now..the right hand & the left, and the midst, the higher and the lower seate, the precedencie..hath made many breaches amongst vs to no purpose.

1614 T. Overbury et al. Characters in Wife now Widdow sig. F^v He speakes most of the precedencie of age.

1682 J. Norris tr. Hierocles Golden Verses Introd. The Pythagorick Verses deservedly call'd Golden, may justly claim the precedency.

1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 81. ⁋1 The precedency or superior excellence of one virtue to another.

1786 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 76 233 Each of these posts of Sachem has a name which is peculiar to it..nor does the order of precedency of each of these names or titles ever vary.

1850 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire II. xii. 26 They had surrendered their ancient claim to precedency among the Gaulish states.

1927 Amer. Econ. Rev. 17 143 Economists, for centuries, have placed the consumer at the background and given precedency to the producer.

1988 Parl. Hist. 7 354 It is hardly surprising to learn that the English insisted on precedency, the Scots on equality.

b. spec. The right of preceding others in ceremonies and social formalities; = precedence n. 2b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > going first or in front > [noun] > right of

precedence1598

precedency1601

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > honour > [noun] > precedence

right sidea1325

fordeal1513

precedence1598

precedency1601

to take the right hand of1607

pas1707

1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love ii. iii. sig. D4^v One, in whom the Humors & Elements are peaceably met, without æmulation of Precedencie .

1661 S. Morgan Sphere of Gentry iv. ii. 37 A controversie of precedency between the younger sons of Viscounts and Barons, and the Baronets.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 119. ¶3 There is infinitely more to do about Place and Precedency in a Meeting of Justices Wives, than in an Assembly of Dutchesses.

1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. vi. 43 Bills for granting honours or precedency.

1913 M. Sullivan Court Masques James I ii. 79 The absence of the Spanish Ambassador from the wedding festivities..reduced the quarrel over precedency to a struggle between the representatives of Venice and of the Archduke.

1992 J. M. Kelly Short Hist. Western Legal Theory viii. 345 International treaties..now tended to be more businesslike and technical, free too of the ceremonial flourishes and precedencies with which in earlier ages diplomatic usage had encumbered them.

†2. Something that precedes in time; an antecedent; = precedence n. 1c. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [noun] > antecedent or precursor

forerunnerOE

forridelc1000

messengerc1300

precursora1500

waymaker1574

postiliona1586

ushera1586

precedence1598

vaunt-courier1598

precedent1599

prodromus1602

ante-disposition1611

precedency1611

prodrome1611

antecedent1612

antedating1633

leading card1635

prodromy1647

antecessor1657

precursorya1660

prodromist1716

morning star1721

skirmisher1820

antecursor1850

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. 207 To these persons and place, Polydore Virgil..ascribeth the originall and precedencie of our Christian Faith.

1615 J. H. This Worlds Folly sig. D1^v Therefore may I close vp the precedencie, with that worthy saying.

1659 R. Fitz-Brian Good Old Cause 6 It was an inlet, and a necessary precedency to their great mutations that were to follow.

†3. The act of establishing a precedent; the fact of having or serving as a precedent. Cf. precedence n. 1b. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > a pattern or model of conduct > a precedent > furnishing of

precedencea1513

precedency1612

1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus (ii. 4) 376 Let them be incouraged vnto this holy precedencie, and testification of Christianitie in euery word, action, and behauiour.

1613 T. Adams White Deuil 5 Such..shall answer..not only for their own sins, but for all theirs, whom the pattern of their precedency hath induced to the like.

1652 W. Sancroft Mod. Policies sig. E1 Fælix prædo, mundo exemplum inutile, Happy Pyracy is a thing of unhappy presidency; Fortunate sins may prove dangerous temptations.

4. Priority in time or succession; = precedence n. 3. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [noun]

priority?a1475

prevention1544

earliness1575

foregoinga1586

foreness1587

formerness1587

antecedency1598

anteriority1599

precedence1605

pregression1623

antecedencea1626

antecession1629

precedency1634

beforeness1635

earlierness1674

previousness1677

precursorship1856

anteriornessa1866

precession1898

1634 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman (new ed.) xii. 106 The other two may justly claime precedency of Coines, seeing they are the ingredient simples that compound them.

1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 7 The Precedencie which God gave this Iland, to be the first Restorer of buried Truth.

1706 R. Estcourt Fair Example iv. i. 47 He has lov'd me long, long before you knew me, and claims a Privilege from Precedency.

1737 Treat. Equity iv. 35 And it is a common Maxim, that he, who has the Precedency in Time, has the Advantage in Right.

1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives (1879) I. 83/2 Numa seems to have taken away the precedency from March,..to show his preference of the political virtues to the martial.

1999 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 112 616 The three features he [sc. Hume] regarded as defining causation: priority in time (precedency), contiguity, and constant conjunction.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	precedency
释义	precedencyn. Brit. /ˈprɛsᵻd(ə)nsi/, U.S. /ˈprɛsədnsi/ Forms: 1500s–1600s precedencie, 1600s preceedency, 1600s presidency, 1600s– precedency; Scottish pre-1700 precedencie, pre-1700 precidencie, pre-1700 1700s– precedency. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: precedent adj., -ency suffix. Etymology: Apparently < precedent adj. (although this is first attested slightly later in the sense relevant to sense 1a): see -ency suffix. Compare earlier precedence n. (and the Romance cognates cited at that entry) and slightly later antecedency n. 1. a. Superiority, pre-eminence; primacy; = precedence n. 2a. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being better or superior > [noun] advantagea1393 prioritya1425 prerogativec1425 prestance1470 betterness1492 superioritya1500 majority1552 start1569 melioritya1586 precedence1587 superiorship1587 precedency1593 priory1600 preferency1602 preference1603 precession1613 betterhood1615 prestancy1615 eminence1702 superiorness1730 1593 T. Bilson Perpetual Govt. Christes Church xvi. 399 Now..the right hand & the left, and the midst, the higher and the lower seate, the precedencie..hath made many breaches amongst vs to no purpose. 1614 T. Overbury et al. Characters in Wife now Widdow sig. F^v He speakes most of the precedencie of age. 1682 J. Norris tr. Hierocles Golden Verses Introd. The Pythagorick Verses deservedly call'd Golden, may justly claim the precedency. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 81. ⁋1 The precedency or superior excellence of one virtue to another. 1786 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 76 233 Each of these posts of Sachem has a name which is peculiar to it..nor does the order of precedency of each of these names or titles ever vary. 1850 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire II. xii. 26 They had surrendered their ancient claim to precedency among the Gaulish states. 1927 Amer. Econ. Rev. 17 143 Economists, for centuries, have placed the consumer at the background and given precedency to the producer. 1988 Parl. Hist. 7 354 It is hardly surprising to learn that the English insisted on precedency, the Scots on equality. b. spec. The right of preceding others in ceremonies and social formalities; = precedence n. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > going first or in front > [noun] > right of precedence1598 precedency1601 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > honour > [noun] > precedence right sidea1325 fordeal1513 precedence1598 precedency1601 to take the right hand of1607 pas1707 1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love ii. iii. sig. D4^v One, in whom the Humors & Elements are peaceably met, without æmulation of Precedencie . View more context for this quotation 1661 S. Morgan Sphere of Gentry iv. ii. 37 A controversie of precedency between the younger sons of Viscounts and Barons, and the Baronets. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 119. ¶3 There is infinitely more to do about Place and Precedency in a Meeting of Justices Wives, than in an Assembly of Dutchesses. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. vi. 43 Bills for granting honours or precedency. 1913 M. Sullivan Court Masques James I ii. 79 The absence of the Spanish Ambassador from the wedding festivities..reduced the quarrel over precedency to a struggle between the representatives of Venice and of the Archduke. 1992 J. M. Kelly Short Hist. Western Legal Theory viii. 345 International treaties..now tended to be more businesslike and technical, free too of the ceremonial flourishes and precedencies with which in earlier ages diplomatic usage had encumbered them. †2. Something that precedes in time; an antecedent; = precedence n. 1c. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [noun] > antecedent or precursor forerunnerOE forridelc1000 messengerc1300 precursora1500 waymaker1574 postiliona1586 ushera1586 precedence1598 vaunt-courier1598 precedent1599 prodromus1602 ante-disposition1611 precedency1611 prodrome1611 antecedent1612 antedating1633 leading card1635 prodromy1647 antecessor1657 precursorya1660 prodromist1716 morning star1721 skirmisher1820 antecursor1850 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. 207 To these persons and place, Polydore Virgil..ascribeth the originall and precedencie of our Christian Faith. 1615 J. H. This Worlds Folly sig. D1^v Therefore may I close vp the precedencie, with that worthy saying. 1659 R. Fitz-Brian Good Old Cause 6 It was an inlet, and a necessary precedency to their great mutations that were to follow. †3. The act of establishing a precedent; the fact of having or serving as a precedent. Cf. precedence n. 1b. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > a pattern or model of conduct > a precedent > furnishing of precedencea1513 precedency1612 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus (ii. 4) 376 Let them be incouraged vnto this holy precedencie, and testification of Christianitie in euery word, action, and behauiour. 1613 T. Adams White Deuil 5 Such..shall answer..not only for their own sins, but for all theirs, whom the pattern of their precedency hath induced to the like. 1652 W. Sancroft Mod. Policies sig. E1 Fælix prædo, mundo exemplum inutile, Happy Pyracy is a thing of unhappy presidency; Fortunate sins may prove dangerous temptations. 4. Priority in time or succession; = precedence n. 3. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [noun] priority?a1475 prevention1544 earliness1575 foregoinga1586 foreness1587 formerness1587 antecedency1598 anteriority1599 precedence1605 pregression1623 antecedencea1626 antecession1629 precedency1634 beforeness1635 earlierness1674 previousness1677 precursorship1856 anteriornessa1866 precession1898 1634 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman (new ed.) xii. 106 The other two may justly claime precedency of Coines, seeing they are the ingredient simples that compound them. 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 7 The Precedencie which God gave this Iland, to be the first Restorer of buried Truth. 1706 R. Estcourt Fair Example iv. i. 47 He has lov'd me long, long before you knew me, and claims a Privilege from Precedency. 1737 Treat. Equity iv. 35 And it is a common Maxim, that he, who has the Precedency in Time, has the Advantage in Right. 1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives (1879) I. 83/2 Numa seems to have taken away the precedency from March,..to show his preference of the political virtues to the martial. 1999 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 112 616 The three features he [sc. Hume] regarded as defining causation: priority in time (precedency), contiguity, and constant conjunction. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1593
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