antecedency
antecedency noun: antecedence (various senses).
Noun
antecedency (countable and uncountable, plural antecedencies)
- Antecedence (various senses).
- […] for, vnity is before any multiplied number. Which antecedencie of Vnity, in the same place, he [Dionysius] applieth vnto the Deitie.a. 1621, Martin Fotherby, chapter 10, in Atheomastix, book 2, London, published 1622, page 308
- Most of thy reflections, particularly that, which respects the difference as to the joys to be given by the Virtuous and the Libertine of the sex, are fitter to come in as after-reflections, than as antecedencies.1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, volume 3, letter 75, London: for the author, pages 347–348
- Synonyms:
- anteriority
Synonyms of antecedency
Forms of antecedency
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Questions about antecedency
- What does antecedency mean?
- Antecedency means antecedence (various senses).
- What part of speech is antecedency?
- Antecedency is a noun.
- What is the plural of antecedency?
- The plural of antecedency is antecedencies.
Words near antecedency in the dictionary
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