Precedency

(n.) The act or state of preceding or going before in order of time; priority; as, one event has precedence of another.

(n.) The act or state of going or being before in rank or dignity, or the place of honor; right to a more honorable place; superior rank; as, barons have precedence of commoners.

整理:玛丽斯

• By the rules of precedency, a captain in the navy ranks with a colonel in the army; but he does not rank with him in the common estimation. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Among nations of hunters, such as the native tribes of North America, age is the sole foundation of rank and precedency. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.

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