What is the meaning of Precedency?

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

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