anteriority

Pronunciation:		an`teeree'oritee
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WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] preceding in time [n] the quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head

	Synonyms:	antecedence, antecedency, precedence, precedency, priority

	Antonyms:	posteriority, subsequence, subsequentness

	See Also:	earliness, position, spatial relation

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Ante`rior"i*ty\, n. [LL. anterioritas.] The state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation; priority. --Pope.