precedency

1. This train of thought, she perceives, is threatening mere waste of energy, even some collision with reality, for who will ever be able to lift a finger against Whitaker's Table of Precedency?
   她认为这条思路至多不过白白浪费一些精力，或许会和现实发生一点冲突，因为谁又能对惠特克的尊卑序列表妄加非议呢？
2. Two circulars of our state council about bankruptcy penetrate the precedency of legal effect, come into conflict with several upper laws, and violate the fair compensable principle of bankrupt system.
   国务院有关破产的两通知突破了法律效力的位阶，与多个上位法相冲突，有悖于破产制度中的公平受偿原则。

noun

1. the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)

   Synonym:    precessionprecedence

2. preceding in time

   Synonym:    priorityantecedenceantecedencyanteriorityprecedence

3. status established in order of importance or urgency
   1. ...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals
   2. national independence takes priority over class struggle

   Synonym:    precedencepriority