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
In fact the antecedence must not only be unconditionally invariable, but must also be immediate.
From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Surendranath Dasgupta
Secondly, it may be referred to the very nature of the action itself: that is, forasmuch as predestination implies antecedence and gratuitous effect.
From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas
Or do 'states of consciousness enter as links into the chain of antecedence and sequence which gives rise to bodily actions?'
From Is Life Worth Living? by W. H. (William Hurrell) Mallock
