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† ˈprestancy Obs. rare.
[ad. L. præstāntia pre-eminence, f. præstāre to excel: see prest v.1 and -ancy.]
Priority, superiority, pre-eminence.
1615A. Stafford Heav. Dogge 39 If then the prestancy of instructing be such; surely Diogenes..may in name, but not in deed bee a slaue. 1658J. Robinson Endoxa iv. 30 In Adam, yet intire, there was a priority and a prestancy, but no soveraignty. |