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词汇 seniority
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seniority n.

mid-15c., seniorite, "priority in office or service," from Medieval Latin senioritas, from Latin senior "older" (from PIE root *sen- "old"). The Old French form was seignorite. Meaning "state or quality of being senior, priority of birth" is from 1530s. The university sense of "senior students collectively" is by 1670s.

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