precedential (ti as sh)

[Eng. precedent; -ial.] Of the nature of a precedent; fit to be acted upon or followed as a precedent. "Their practice hath proved precedential to other places in the same nature."- Fuller : Worthies; Gloucestershire. prě-çēd-ent-ly, adv. [English precedent; -ly.) Beforehand, antecedently. *prē-çěl', *pre-celle, v . i . & t. [Lat. præcello .] [PRE CELL ENT.] A. In trans.: To excel, to surpa , to have precedence. B. Trans.: To excel, to surpa , to exceed. *pre-çěl-lençe, *pre-çěl'-len-çỹ, s. [O. French precellence, from Lat. præcell entia, from præcel lens pre cell ent (q. v.).] Excellence, superiority. *prē-çěl-lent, a . [O. Fr., from Lat. præcellens , pr. par. of præcello to excel, to surpa .] [ExCEL.] Excellent, surpa ing. "The rectitude of reason in the pre cell ent knowledge of the truth."- P . Holland : Plutarch , p. 653.