01 n. The quality or state of being prior or antecedent in time, or of preceding something else; as, priority of application.
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1.
The quality or state of being prior or antecedent in time, or of preceding something else; as, priority of application.
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2.
Precedence; superior rank.
Phrases & compounds
Priority of debts —
a superior claim to payment, or a claim to payment before others.
Syn.
Antecedence; precedence; preëminence.