honouring, revering, treating with honour or respect, honour, respect, reverence

be shown respect

venerate, show respect

Giving precedence (to), preferring, putting before, precedence, performance, presentation, priority, putting one before another

to give precedence (to), to send forward, to put before, to prepare, to perform

mercy, benevolence, magnanimity

being ancient, antique or old, preceding, limitation of time after which no punishment is awarded

priority, precedence (in time, order or rank), pre-eminence

respectable, worthy of respect, venerable

(law) presenting one claim first among many others

leading the way because of being a noble and an elder

before time

vanguard of an army

estimate, budget

advance money (in accounts), estimate, preface, foreword, presentation

knock against, strive, try, compete, contest

vagueness in expression, the use of a word which means something else to the poet but gives a different meaning to the palace

precaution, forearming, prevention (in advance), a preventive measure

bounty of charity and generosity

what has gone before or stated above, what is past

right of pre-emption