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seniority|siːnɪˈɒrɪtɪ|
Forms: 5–6 seniorite, 6 senyoryte, segniorite, 6–7 senioritie, 6– seniority.
[a. med.L. seniōritās, f. L. seniōr-em senior; see -ity.]
1. The state or quality of being senior; priority by reason of birth, superior age.
1533More Apol. xv. Wks. 875/2 Sometime some one religion haue had some question and dysputed as it were a probleme, vpon thantiquitie or senioritie of their institucion. 1674Govt. Tongue iv. 46 The first provoker has, by his seniority and primogeniture a double portion of the guilt. 1737Gentl. Mag. VII. 100 A sage Lady observ'd to them, that in this Assembly Respect and Precedence were only due to Seniority. 1838Thirlwall Greece V. 343 It had been agreed among the envoys that they should address the king in the order of seniority; and Demosthenes happened to be the youngest. 1863‘Ouida’ Held in Bondage i, The senior pupil..gave me his hand, cordially and frankly, for all his hauteur and seniority.
†b. The senile period of life. Obs. rare—1.
a1688Bunyan Mr. Badman To Rdr., The minority, flower, and seniority of his Age.
†c. ? Numerical position in order of age. Obs.
1776T. Percival Ess. III. 342 In the second column is the surname and seniority of the infant, also in large characters.
2. Priority or precedence in office or service; esp. Mil. Superiority in standing to another of equal rank by reason of earlier entrance into the service, or an earlier date of appointment.
c1450in Aungier Syon (1840) 366 Eche in hys order after their seniorite in religion. 1592Nashe Strange Newes D 4, Where in an honorable Index they shall be placed according to their degree and segnioritie. 1600J. Pory tr. Leo's Africa ii. 75 We were certaine yeeres fellow-students together at Fez, where being of one standing and seniority we [etc.]. 1668Pepys Diary 13 Oct., That places of preferment may go according to seniority and merit. 1704Milit. Dict. (ed. 2). 1769Junius Lett. iv. (1804) I. 33 Let me ask Junius, if he knows any one nobleman in the army who has had a regiment by seniority? 1853Bright Sp., India 3 June (1876) 3 To go on from beginning to end in a system of promotion from seniority. 1908Q. Rev. July 238 The fetish of seniority is responsible for many a muddle.
3. The body of seniors or senior fellows of a college.
1678A. Farmer in Magd. Coll. (O.H.S.) 69, I..do acknowledge before the Seniority that I have deservedly received..my..admonition. 1717E. Miller Acc. Cambr. 129 That 'tis the first Instance that ever appear'd in the College Books..That any By-Law..was enter'd, or made in the Master's Name, without the Consent of the Seniority. 1843Whewell Jrnl. in Willis & Clark Cambr. II. 627 If the Fellows were dissatisfied I regretted that the matter had not been brought before the Seniority. 1859Farrar Julian Home xxiii. 300 Kennedy..rushed back to the Seniority, who were already beginning to wonder at his long absence.
†4. Used for signority, in the sense ‘body of signors’. Obs.
1517R. Torkington Pilgr. (1884) 14 The Duke Satt in Seynt Markes Churche in ryght hys [read hye] astate in the Qwer on the ryght syd with senyoryte which they call lords. |
