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Meaning of PRECEDENTIAL

Pronunciation:  `presi'denshul

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[adj]  having precedence (especially because of longer service); "precedential treatment for senior members of the firm"
 

PRECEDENTIAL is a 12 letter word that starts with P.

 

 Synonyms: senior
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Prec`e*den"tial\, a.
Of the nature of a precedent; having force as an example for
imitation; as, precedential transactions.

      All their actions in that time are not precedential to
      warrant posterity.                       --Fuller.

 

 

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