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

Nor is it more to the purpose to undertake a subtle analysis of the nature of causation, and to explain that it does not, properly speaking, involve compulsion, but simply means invariable antecedence.

From Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications by Thornton, William Thomas

In both cases we believe that the results are due to the operation of natural laws, that is to say, can, with adequate knowledge, be described in terms of antecedence and sequence.

From Herbert Spencer by Thomson, J. Arthur (John Arthur)

If we take any other instance of stated antecedence and sequence, the reasoning is the same.

From A Review of Edwards's by Tappan, Henry Philip