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- Precedency - n. - The act or state of preceding or going before in order of time; priority; as, one event has precedence of another.
- Precedency - 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.
- Baronet - n. - A dignity or degree of honor next below a baron and above a knight, having precedency of all orders of knights except those of the Garter. It is the lowest degree of honor that is hereditary. The baronets are commoners.