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

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 Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

In the third place, the liberty here affirmed belongs equally to every instance of stated antecedence and sequence.

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

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