antecedency

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
antecedency
    n 1: preceding in time [syn: {priority}, {antecedence},
         {antecedency}, {anteriority}, {precedence}, {precedency}]
         [ant: {posteriority}, {subsequence}, {subsequentness}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Antecedency \An`te*ced"en*cy\, n.
   The state or condition of being antecedent; priority.
   --Fothherby.
   [1913 Webster]
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