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antecedency|æntɪˈsiːdənsɪ|
[ad. L. antecēdentia, f. antecēdent-em: see antecedent a.]
1. The quality or condition of being antecedent, priority, precedence.
1598Florio, Antecedentia, antecedencie, precedencie, superioritie. a1617Bayne Ephes. (1866) 32 An antecedency of faith before the act of electing. 1874Whitney Orient. Ling. Studies 245 Those who believe in the antecedency of ideas to words.
†2. An antecedent condition or state of things; in pl. = antecedents. Obs.
1682Sir T. Browne Chr. Morals 55 Many things happen, not likely to ensue from any promises of antecedencies. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) IV. iv. 12 Most of thy reflections..are fitter to come in as after-reflections than as antecedencies.
†3. Movement back to a former position. Obs.
1656Hardy 1 John (1865) xiv. 86/1 Some sudden emanations of the will as regenerate, antecedencies to the conflicts and lustings of the will as corrupt. |