All 4 Uses of
precedence
in
Persuasion
- In all their dealings and intercourse, Sir Walter Elliot must ever have the precedence.†
Chpt 3 *
- Again, it was Mary's complaint, that Mrs Musgrove was very apt not to give her the precedence that was her due, when they dined at the Great House with other families; and she did not see any reason why she was to be considered so much at home as to lose her place.†
Chpt 6
- Nobody doubts her right to have precedence of mamma, but it would be more becoming in her not to be always insisting on it.†
Chpt 6
- Charles Hayter had been at Lyme oftener than suited her; and when they dined with the Harvilles there had been only a maid-servant to wait, and at first Mrs Harville had always given Mrs Musgrove precedence; but then, she had received so very handsome an apology from her on finding out whose daughter she was, and there had been so much going on every day, there had been so many walks between their lodgings and the Harvilles, and she had got books from the library, and changed them so…†
Chpt 14
Definition:
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(precedence) to be prior to something else in time, order or importance