antecedence Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun preceding in time
    antecedency; precedence; anteriority; priority; precedency.

WordNet


An`te*ced"ence noun
Definitions
  1. The act or state of going before in time; precedence. H. Spenser.
  2. (Astron.) An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation.

Webster 1913