Hypertext Webster Gateway: "antecedency"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Antecedency \An`te*ced"en*cy\, n.
The state or condition of being antecedent; priority.
--Fothherby.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
antecedency
n : preceding in time [syn: {priority}, {antecedence}, {anteriority},
{precedence}, {precedency}] [ant: {posteriority}]
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