antecedence

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The literature for the metaverse in its antecedence is dystopic.

From The Verge • Jul. 19, 2022

For your own guidance, as to His Imperial Majesty's antecedence, I am enclosing herein a copy of His Biography.

From Time Magazine Archive

One on the part of eternal predestination itself: and in this respect it implies a certain antecedence in regard to that which comes under predestination.

From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

And a posteriori, it will be proved by the principle itself when it is discovered, as involving universal antecedence in its very conception.

From Biographia Literaria by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

It is known as habitual antecedence, and as tendency on our part to look for something definite to come.

From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by James, William