antecedency
noun
an·te·ced·en·cy
-ᵊnsē,
-si
plural -es
1
: the condition of being antecedent : priority
2
antecedencies plural : antecedent events
Word History
Etymology
Latin antecedentia, neuter plural of antecedent-, antecedens, present participle of antecedere to go before
First Known Use
1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- fourteenest
- fourteennest
- fourteens
- fourteenth
- fourteenther
- fourteenthest
- fourteenths
- fourth
- fourth class
- Fourth day
- fourth deck
- fourth dimension
- fourth estate
- fourth hand
- fourth market
- Fourth of July
- fourth species
- fourth trimester
- fourth wall
- fourth world
- fourth-dimensional
- fourth-rate
- fourth-rater
- fourth-species counterpoint
- fourther