Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRI-OR'I-TY
PRI-OR'I-TY, n.
- The state of being antecedent in time, of preceding something else; as, priority of birth. The priority of Homer or Hesiod has been a subject of dispute.
- Precedence in place or rank. – Shak. Priority of debts, is a superior claim to payment, or to payment before others.
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