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

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

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)

All the several classes have peculiar and distinguishing characteristics; but in the relation of antecedence and sequence,—their relation as causes or agents producing effects,—no distinction can be perceived.

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