ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Antecedency

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Antecedency is a noun meaning Antecedence (various senses).

Meaning

Antecedence (various senses).

Example Sentences

Much of the antecedency of the movement had grown out of what one historian called “an errand of mercy” […]
[…] for, vnity is before any multiplied number. Which antecedencie of Vnity, in the same place, he [Dionysius] applieth vnto the Deitie.
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.
The dependence of the Understanding on the representations of the Senses, and its consequent posteriority thereto, as contrasted with the independence and antecedency of Reason, are strikingly exemplified in the Ptolemaic System […] compared with the Newtonian […]

Word Forms

Synonyms for antecedency

Depending on context, synonyms include anteriority, precedence, priority, antecedence.

Antonyms for antecedency

Common opposites include posteriority, subsequence, subsequentness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include antecedence, anteriority, precedence, priority, antecedent, prevenience.

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