Pri*or"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. priorit'e. See Prior, a.]
1.
The quality or state of being prior or antecedent in time, or of preceding something else; as, priority of application.
2.
Precedence; superior rank.
Shak.
Priority of debts, a superior claim to payment, or a claim to payment before others.
Syn. -- Antecedence; precedence; preeminence.
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