Auncienty is a term used to describe a system of precedence, for instance through years and continuance in the Houses of the Inns of Court, or among the ranks or degrees of the Officers of Arms. In many ways equivalent to Eldership, deriving from the Norman French noun "ancien" (meaning an Elder) preserved in the French concept of Ancienneté [fr], it has a meaning of ceremonial seniority. This is slightly distinct from the obsolete usage of the word simply to mean "Antiquity".
Auncienty is a term used to describe a system of precedence, for instance through years and continuance in the Houses of the Inns of Court, or among the...
succession to the post of Treasurer was once dependent purely on seniority (or auncienty), this is no longer the case. The Treasurer is now elected. Two Readers...
short notice – for example when a colleague calls in sick or has a delay. Auncienty Buggins' turn Gerontocracy Gerousia, in ancient Sparta Lockstep compensation...
Badges of the Danish Military are military decorations issued to soldiers who achieve a variety of qualifications and accomplishments while serving active...
years and the continuance of the house that they be of, which they call auncienty..." The Black Books of Lincoln's Inn, I: 1422-1586, pp. 370-72 (Internet...