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[syn: priority, antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedency]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Anteriority \An*te`ri*or"i*ty\, n. [LL. anterioritas.]
The state of being anterior or preceding in time or in
situation; priority. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
anteriority
n 1: the quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward
the head [ant: posteriority]
2: preceding in time [syn: priority, antecedence,
antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedency]
[ant: posteriority, subsequence, subsequentness]