In what order of precedence, with what attendant ceremony was the exodus from the house of bondage to the wilderness of inhabitation effected?

NEWYORKER: Silence, Exile, Punning

One at a time, in order of precedence, the cardinals approach the altar with their folded ballot held up so that it can be seen.

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And can Muslims reconcile piety with a culture where the rights of the individual (say, to order a beer) are given precedence over communal beliefs?

FORBES: Canings, cows' heads and ethnoreligious apartheid.

Establishing order, and some semblance of an accountable government, he said, should have taken precedence over trying to build a democracy.

NEWYORKER: Mayberry Man