precellencet (prese lens)

[ + -ce.] Same as precellency. precellencyt (pre-sel'en-si), n. [As precellence (see- cy ).] Excellence; superiority. As you have the precellency of the women of the world for beauty and feature, so a ume the honour to give, and not take Law from any, in matter of attire. N. Ward, Simple Cobler, p. 29. Nor thought I it fit to rhetoric ate in proposing the great variety of things, and precellency of one above another. Dr. II. More, Antidote against Atheism, Pref. [ pre cell ent (pre-sel'ent), a. =Sp. precelente, Even so the rectitude of reason in the pre cell ent knowledge of the truth is one pui ance. Holland, tr. of Plutarch, p. 653. precentor (pre-sen'tor), n. [ The Spirit of Christ is the precentor , or rector chori, the master of the choir. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 637. In 1204, when the see of Winchester was vacant, the chapter was divided between the dean of Salisbury and the precentor of Lincoln. Stubbs, Const. Hist., § 382.