antecedence

[ an-tuh-seed-ns ]

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noun

the act of going before; precedence.
priority.

Astronomy. (of a planet) apparent retrograde motion.

Origin of antecedence

First recorded in 1525–35; antecede + -ence

Words that may be confused with antecedence

antecedence , antecedents

Words Nearby antecedence

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How to use antecedence in a sentence

We may explain why Thrasyllus placed the Kleitophon in immediate antecedence to the Republic: because 1.
Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume III (of 4) | George Grote
Causation, as Brown had finally proved, means simply antecedence and consequence.
The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) | Leslie Stephen
It is of invariable antecedence that we speak alike in both cases, and of invariable antecedence only.
Lectures on the Philosophy of the Human Mind (Vol. 1 of 3) | Thomas Brown
Or do 'states of consciousness enter as links into the chain of antecedence and sequence which gives rise to bodily actions?'
Is Life Worth Living? | William Hurrell Mallock
In many ways men have expressed, and will express hereafter, the creative or causal antecedence of the spiritual principle.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II) | Henry Osborn Taylor

British Dictionary definitions for antecedence

antecedence

/ (ˌæntɪˈsiːdəns) /

noun

precedence; priority
astronomy retrograde motion

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