precedence, precedency, priority (noun)

status established in order of importance or urgency

"...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals"; "national independence takes priority over class struggle"

priority, antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedency (noun)

preceding in time

precession, precedence, precedency (noun)

the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)

precedence (Noun)

The state of preceding in importance or priority.

Precedence

Precedence is a solitaire card game which uses two decks of playing cards. It is a building game where the playing does not have to worry about a tableau or playing area. In the book 100 Solitaire Games by Sloane Lee and Gabriel Packard, it is known under the name Downing Street. At the start of the game, a king is removed from the rest of the deck and placed on the first of eight foundations. After that, the following cards must be placed on the next seven foundations: a queen, a jack, a 10, a 9, an 8, a 7, and a 6. These cards should be placed on their respective foundations in this order and a foundation should not start until the foundation to its immediate left does. So the fourth foundation for instance should not start unless the third one is already in place. Also, when one foundation is already been started, it can immediately be built down regardless of suit until it has thirteen cards. In this game, building is round-the-corner, i.e. a King can be placed over an ace, which can be placed over a deuce.