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- English Word Precedence Definition Alt. of Precedency
- English Word Precedency Definition The act or state of preceding or going before in order of time; priority; as, one event has precedence of another.
- English Word Precedency Definition 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.
- English Word Precedent Definition Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services.
- English Word Precedent Definition Something done or said that may serve as an example to authorize a subsequent act of the same kind; an authoritative example.
- English Word Precedent Definition A preceding circumstance or condition; an antecedent; hence, a prognostic; a token; a sign.
- English Word Precedent Definition A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.
- English Word Precedent Definition A judicial decision which serves as a rule for future determinations in similar or analogous cases; an authority to be followed in courts of justice; forms of proceeding to be followed in similar cases.
- English Word Precedented Definition Having a precedent; authorized or sanctioned by an example of a like kind.
- English Word Precedential Definition Of the nature of a precedent; having force as an example for imitation; as, precedential transactions.
- English Word Precedently Definition Beforehand; antecedently.
- English Word Preceding Definition of Precede
- English Word Preceding Definition Going before; -- opposed to following.
- English Word Preceding Definition In the direction toward which stars appear to move. See Following, 2.
- English Word Precel Definition To surpass; to excel; to exceed.
- English Word Precellence Definition Alt. of Precellency
- English Word Precellency Definition Excellence; superiority.
- English Word Precellent Definition Excellent; surpassing.
- English Word Precent Definition Any commandment, instruction, or order intended as an authoritative rule of action; esp., a command respecting moral conduct; an injunction; a rule.
- English Word Precent Definition A command in writing; a species of writ or process.
- English Word Precentor Definition A leader of a choir; a directing singer.
- English Word Precentor Definition The leader of the choir in a cathedral; -- called also the chanter or master of the choir.
- English Word Precentor Definition The leader of the congregational singing in Scottish and other churches.
- English Word Precentorship Definition The office of a precentor.
- English Word Precept Definition To teach by precepts.
- English Word Preceptial Definition Preceptive.
- English Word Preception Definition A precept.
- English Word Preceptive Definition Containing or giving precepts; of the nature of precepts; didactic; as, the preceptive parts of the Scriptures.
- English Word Preceptor Definition One who gives commands, or makes rules; specifically, the master or principal of a school; a teacher; an instructor.
- English Word Preceptor Definition The head of a preceptory among the Knights Templars.