1) Antecedence 2) Antecedency 3) Precedence 4) Priority 1) High status 2) Precedence 3) Preceding in time 4) Priority 
• (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. • (n.) The act or state of preceding or going before in order of time; priority; as, one event has precedence of another.
precedence.