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anteriority|æntɪərɪˈɒrɪtɪ| [f. L. anteriōr-em (see prec.) + -ity. Cf. Fr. antériorité.] The quality of being anterior, in order of time or progress.
1720Pope Iliad xix. 93 note (R.) This anteriority of time makes this passage the more observable. 1754Phil. Trans. XLVIII. 777 It has the anteriority of date with regard to Mr. Melvil's paper. 1869Phillips Vesuv. xii. 335, I was much impressed by..the anteriority of granite to greenstone. |