De Concilio's opinion of the precedence of the decree of the incarnation to the decree of the redemption of fallen man is contrary to the opinion of S.
Stupid old Claudius, clad in a purple-edged toga and stumbling as he walked, acknowledged the precedence Marsyas gave him with a smile and a greeting.
The claim of the proconsul's charge will take precedence over the hieratic.
It was only after again saluting his own bride, and feasting his eyes upon her beauty, that it occurred to him to take a look at those whose happiness was by some ten minutes to take precedence of his.
We wonder at the disciples when we read of the unseemly strife for precedence which jars on the tender solemnities of the Last Supper.
Why should they be fighting about precedence when they were on the verge of the sorest trial of their constancy?
Not daring to take precedence of the world, I can therefore become chief among the perfect ones.
Looking at home, we may note that there is less attention toprecedence than there used to be.
The actions and precautions by which, from moment to moment, we secure personal safety, must clearly take precedence of all others.
Comte himself to disguise, or to explain away, the precedence of the special over the general, clearly indicate that the generality spoken of is of the kind meant by his formula.
And hence knowledge directly conducing to the first, must take precedence of knowledge directly conducing to the last.
At the first glance it does not appear the most rational--dynamics being more complicated than statics, and precedence being natural to the simpler.
However important it may be, it must yield precedence to those kinds of culture which bear directly upon daily duties.
Experience proves that she is glad to retire, in the general case, from the unequal struggle, and finds the system of established precedence and fixed rank at dinner parties, much more rational.
Now it will not be difficult to understand, I believe, why it is that the man in the East takes precedence of the woman in all social affairs, and why the sexes are segregated at public feasts and on other similar occasions.
And, conversely, because of his giving the precedence to woman in all the courtesies and comforts of life, the Orientals, both men and women, consider the Occidental to be the slave of his wife.
There are several lieutenants in a large ship, and they take precedence according to the dates of their commissions.
A rank in the army higher than the regimental commission held by an officer, affording him a precedence in garrison and brigade duties.
Many primitive customs survive, and one of the most interesting is that by which the eldest daughter in some cases takes precedence over the sons in inheritance.
With reference to the statement that the Kaiowas are the most expert sign talkers of the Plains, a number of authorities and correspondents give the precedence to the Cheyennes, and an equal number to the Arapahos.
Cresollius, writing in 1620, was strongly in favor of giving precedenceto gesture.
In the inferior suits, the ace has precedence immediately after the wuzeer, then the deuce, and others in succession, the ten being of least value.
They are not usually secured by a mortgage on the property but are merely the company's promise to pay, the interest and the principal taking precedence over the dividends on the preferred and the common stocks.
All lines should be bound to give precedence in the transmission of the official messages of the governments of the two countries between which it may be laid.
The inconvenience attending the necessary precedence that most foreign admirals have over our own whenever they meet in official functions ought to be avoided.
The national interest must take precedence over temporary advantages which may be secured by particular groups at the expense of all the people.
The peace settlements which are now to be agreed upon are of transcendent importance both to us and to the rest of the world, and I know of no business or interest which should take precedence of them.
Marlborough consented to waive part of his rights, and to allow precedence to the Duke on the alternate days.
Thus Monmouth, Delamere and Godolphin took their places according to the order of precedence in which they stood as peers.
But his serjeantcy gives him that precedence at the bar, on account of which the chief conduct of Crown prosecutions devolves to him.
How far this passion for rank and precedence went is indicated by an amusing incident related by Lady Mary.
Precedence was given to the saint by the prelates of North Britain, to honour his capacity of apostle or founder of the Church in that country.
The former, who were now represented by Richard de Burgo (the Red Earl), had become so powerful, that they took precedence even of the Lord Justice in official documents.
Frank assisted in carrying the brave admiral to the cockpit, and was witness to his magnanimity, when he refused to have his own wounds dressed until those who had precedence of him were attended to.
In this, however, the order of precedence was often broken, but never in the matter of the horses.
The men of Stone Farm were just as strict about their order of precedence as the real inhabitants of the island, and it was just as complicated.
Austria clings to a name which seems to give her a sort of precedence in Europe, and was wont, while she held Lombardy, to justify her position there by invoking the feudal rights of the Hohenstaufen.
Having won this instalment of greatness, Wolsey promptly asked for the Legateship which should give him precedence over the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Congress of Vienna, covered with diamonds like a reliquary, and claiming precedence of every one.
The party entered the saloon, seating themselves as best pleased them, for the order of rank or precedence was not insisted on at breakfast.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "precedence" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
