Precedence

Precedence (Latin praecedentia ) can mean:

• the operator precedence in mathematics and computer science
• the protocol order of precedence in politics and diplomacy
• the so-called precedent , a legal case whose decision has become the yardstick of other cases.
• in the case of clergy or religious of the Catholic Church, the precedence or precedence of one person over another according to the laws of the order of precedence ( hierarchy ); sometimes also denotes the priority of one liturgical festival or day over another when they meet in the liturgical hierarchy according to the basic order of the church year

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Wiktionary: precedence  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

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