precedential

1. 1.

   having precedence (especially because of longer service)

   “precedential treatment for senior members of the firm”

   Similarsenior

Questions about precedential

What does precedential mean?

precedential means "having precedence (especially because of longer service)".

How many syllables are in precedential?

precedential has 5 syllables: pre-ce-den-ti-al. The stress falls on "ti".

Is precedential a common word?

precedential is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.