juniority

When I stop thinking of this scene as an emblem of "juniority," I shall be dead, or at least fit to die.

Carson McCullers, Wunderkind 2008

When I stop thinking of this scene as an emblem of "juniority," I shall be dead, or at least fit to die.

Archive 2008-02-01 2008

It is perhaps necessary to add that the superstition illustrated by the following story, namely, that the corpse last buried is obliged, during his juniority of interment, to supply his brother tenants of the churchyard in which he lies, with fresh water to allay the burning thirst of purgatory, is prevalent throughout the south of Ireland.

The Purcell Papers 2003

A mere sub-lieutenant with "(acting)" after his name, which, as any proper "sub" will tell you, is a sign of extreme juniority.

Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories 1925

Aubrey had the better of the encounter in height, weight, and more than twenty years juniority, but fortune played for the bookseller.

The Haunted Bookshop 1918

Had a vast knowledge of the aboriginal tribes; was, in spite of his juniority, the greatest authority on the aboriginal Gullals.

Under the Deodars Rudyard Kipling 1900

It is perhaps necessary to add that the superstition illustrated by the following story, namely, that the corpse last buried is obliged, during his juniority of interment, to supply his brother tenants of the churchyard in which he lies, with fresh water to allay the burning thirst of purgatory, is prevalent throughout the south of Ireland.

The Purcell Papers, Volume I 1880

I have said before how reluctant he was to let his youth go from him; and perhaps the touch with my juniority had made him realize how near he was to fifty, and set him thinking of the past which had sorrows in it to age him beyond his years.

Literary Friends and Acquaintance; a Personal Retrospect of American Authorship William Dean Howells 1878

I have said before how reluctant he was to let his youth go from him; and perhaps the touch with my juniority had made him realize how near he was to fifty, and set him thinking of the past which had sorrows in it to age him beyond his years.

Studies of Lowell (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance) William Dean Howells 1878

On the other hand, they never had openly quarrelled; Joseph (by Morris's orders) was prepared to waive the advantage of his juniority; Masterman had enjoyed all through life the reputation of a man neither greedy nor unfair.

The Wrong Box Robert Louis Stevenson 1872