noun (n)

• the motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone(noun.state)

  source: wordnet30
• the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  precedence, precedency
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act of going before, or forward.(noun)

  source: webster1913