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   Prec·e·dence

   /ˈpresəd(ə)ns/

   

   noun

   • 1. the condition of being considered more important than someone or something else; priority in importance, order, or rank: "his desire for power soon took precedence over any other consideration"
   • ▪ the order to be ceremonially observed by people of different rank, according to an acknowledged or legally determined system: "quarrels over precedence among the Bonaparte family marred the coronation"

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