precedence
/ˈpɹɛsɪd(ə)ns/ noun C1- The state of preceding in importance or priority. · Family takes precedence over work, in an emergency.
- Precedent.
Plural precedences
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Ruby Gillis and Emma White, who had quarreled over a point of precedence in their platform seats, no longer sat at the same desk, and a promising friendship of three years was broken up.
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