precedence

The guests were introduced in order of precedence. [=the most important guests were introduced first]按身份地位依次介绍了客人们。

The safety of the children has/takes precedence over [=is more important than] everything else.孩子的安全是第一位的。

Many small businesses complain that the government's policies give precedence to large corporations. [=treat large corporations as more important]很多小企业抱怨政府的政策优先考虑大公司。