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 the first place there is the idea of an object; and secondly, there is the idea of the relation of antecedence between that object and some present objects.

From Hume (English Men of Letters Series) by Huxley, Thomas Henry

As every effect or consequence implies the antecedence of the purpose of an agent, with respect to this consequence we find it stated in Luke viii.

From An Essay on the Scriptural Doctrine of Immortality by Challis, James

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 Mallock, W. H. (William Hurrell)