• precedence: Phr.: to give any one the p. (acknowledging inferiority), cedere alicui, Cic. Br. 6, 22 (c. fascesque submittere); by yielding the pathway, decedere, Cic. Sen. 18, 63: entitled to take the p. (of other matters), antiquior, antiquissimus, Vell. 2, 52: Cic. Att. 10, 8: to give the p. to one matter over another, alicui rei praeverti, Caes. B. G. 7, 33: this among the Numidians denotes p., hoc apud Numidas honori ducitur, Sall. Jug. 11, med.: the two were disputing about the p., *ambigebant inter se utri dignitatis prior locus deferretur: this magistrate takes the p. of all the rest, *hujus magistratus dignitas potior est (ceteris) omnibus.