precedency
noun/ˈpɹɛsɪdənsi/
Etymology From precedent + -ency.
1
Precedence; superiority.
- Archimedes master of this Science, and who in truth and certaintie assumeth unto himselfe a precedencie above all others, saith, the Sunne is a God of enflamed yron.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
2
Obsolete The fact of serving as a precedent.