9-letter word to mean precedence of position, especially precedence over otehrs of the rank by reason of?

Question

a longer span of service? 2nd letter MIGHT be "a"

Answer 1

Seniority
Seniority is the concept of a person or group being in charge or in command of another person or group. This control is often granted to the senior person(s) due to experience or length of service in a given position, but it is not uncommon for a senior person(s) to have less experience or length of service than their subordinates.

Answer 2

Shankaracharyar has said, "Samprapthe Sannihithe Kale.." Maybe at the time when the Totality (Sum) is present, one need not be saved with intellect too.. Maybe interesting to think about the Mayo's (Hawthorne) effect too.. maybe as in case of God's delusional presence.. wherein people become lesser trickier and tries doing Bhaja Govindam (as Real work in the experiment of Mayo) increasing the productivity, instead of stealing the credits of others with dukringekaranes and int_eli_gence..

Answer 3

authority