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==Origins==
Anglo-Norman and Middle French priorite precedence in [[time]], order or rank (1323 in Anglo-Norman; French priorité) and its etymon post-classical [[Latin]] prioritas [[fact]] of preceding, precedence (12th cent.; 1225, c1414 in British sources), forebears, ancestry (1282, 15th cent. in British sources) < classical [[Latin]] prior
==Definitions==
*1. a. Precedence in [[order]] or rank. Now rare (in later use passing into sense A. 1b).
:b. The right to precede others or to receive something before others. Freq. with modifying adjective, as first, high, top priority.
:c. Chiefly Brit. The right to proceed before other traffic.
:d. A [[thing]] that is regarded as more important than others; something which needs special [[attention]]. Freq. in pl.
*2. The [[fact]] or condition of being earlier in [[time]]; the fact of preceding something or someone else.
*3. [[Law]].
:a. A precedence among claims; a preference in order of payment, esp. between creditors.
:b. Earlier [[commitment]] or claim. Obs.
*4. Taxonomy. The claim of the earliest validly published [[Latin]] name to be taken as the correct one for a particular [[organism]]. Freq. in law of priority or principle of priority.
*5. Of or relating to priority or priorities; that has precedence; that is considered more or most important.
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Origins==
Anglo-Norman and Middle French priorite precedence in [[time]], order or rank (1323 in Anglo-Norman; French priorité) and its etymon post-classical [[Latin]] prioritas [[fact]] of preceding, precedence (12th cent.; 1225, c1414 in British sources), forebears, ancestry (1282, 15th cent. in British sources) < classical [[Latin]] prior
==Definitions==
*1. a. Precedence in [[order]] or rank. Now rare (in later use passing into sense A. 1b).
:b. The right to precede others or to receive something before others. Freq. with modifying adjective, as first, high, top priority.
:c. Chiefly Brit. The right to proceed before other traffic.
:d. A [[thing]] that is regarded as more important than others; something which needs special [[attention]]. Freq. in pl.
*2. The [[fact]] or condition of being earlier in [[time]]; the fact of preceding something or someone else.
*3. [[Law]].
:a. A precedence among claims; a preference in order of payment, esp. between creditors.
:b. Earlier [[commitment]] or claim. Obs.
*4. Taxonomy. The claim of the earliest validly published [[Latin]] name to be taken as the correct one for a particular [[organism]]. Freq. in law of priority or principle of priority.
*5. Of or relating to priority or priorities; that has precedence; that is considered more or most important.
[[Category: General Reference]]
