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–noun, plural -ties for 2.

1.	the state of being senior; priority of birth; superior age.

2.	priority, precedence, or status obtained as the result of a person's length of service, as in a profession, trade, company, or union: First choice of vacation time will be given to employees with seniority.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME < ML seniōritās, equiv. to L senior senior + -itās -ity

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n.

The state of being older than another or others or higher in rank than another or others.
Precedence of position, especially precedence over others of the same rank by reason of a longer span of service.

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seniority
noun
1.	higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service
2.	the property of being long-lived [syn: longevity]

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ˌseniˈority [-niˈo-] noun

the state of being senior
Example: The officers sat at the table in order of seniority.

Arabic:	أقْدَمِيَّه من حَيْث السِّن أو المَنْزِلَه
Chinese (Simplified):	职高，资深
Chinese (Traditional):	職高，資深
Czech:	hodnostní zařazení
Danish:	anciennitet
Dutch:	anciá‰ánniteit
Estonian:	vanemus
Finnish:	vanhemmuus
French:	ancienneté
German:	höheres Alter
Greek:	αρχαιότητα (στη βαθμίδα)
Hungarian:	rangidősség
Icelandic:	hærri aldur, *tign
Indonesian:	senioritas
Italian:	anzianità

Japanese:	先任
Korean:	연상, 연장, 선임
Latvian:	vecākums; rangu secīgums
Lithuanian:	vyresniškumas
Norwegian:	ansiennitet
Polish:	starszeństwo
Portuguese (Brazil):	antiguidade
Portuguese (Portugal):	antiguidade
Romanian:	ierarhie; rang, grad; importanţă
Russian:	старшинство
Slovak:	vyšší vek; služobný vek
Slovenian:	starost, položaj (v hierarhiji)
Spanish:	antigüedad
Swedish:	ålder, tjänsteålder
Turkish:	yaşlılık, büyüklük, kıdemlilik