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Definition of Antecedency
1. Noun. Preceding in time.
Generic synonyms: Earliness
Derivative terms: Antecede, Antecedent, Antecede, Antecedent, Anterior, Precede, Precedent, Precede, Prior, Prioritize
Antonyms: Posteriority
Definition of Antecedency
1. n. The state or condition of being antecedent; priority.
Definition of Antecedency
1. Noun. antecedence ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antecedency
Literary usage of Antecedency
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the Rev. Daniel Waterland: To which is Prefixed a Review of the by Daniel Waterland, William Van Mildert (1856)
"It is a vain thing to insist one while upon the antecedency, ... Either there is
no antecedency in this case at all, to form the argument upon; or, ..."
2. Text-book in Intellectual Philosophy, for Schools and Colleges: Containing by J. T. Champlin (1861)
"And by causation, be it observed, we mean something more than simple antecedency;
we mean that every change is effected by some power. ..."
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