Word Meanings - ANTECEDENCE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation. (more info) 1. The act or state of going before in time; precedence. H. Spenser.

PRIORITY
1. The quality or state of being prior or antecedent in time, or of preceding something else; as, priority of application. 2. Precedence; superior rank. Shak. Priority of debts, a superior claim to payment, or a claim to payment before others.
ANTECEDENCE
An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation. (more info) 1. The act or state of going before in time; precedence. H. Spenser.
PRECEDENCE; PRECEDENCY
1. The act or state of preceding or going before in order of time; priority; as, one event has precedence of another. 2. The act or state of going or being before in rank or dignity, or the place of honor; right to a more honorable place; superior
SUPREMACY
The state of being supreme, or in the highest station of power; highest or supreme authority or power; as, the supremacy of a king or a parliament. The usurped power of the pope being destroyed, the crown was restored to its supremacy over spiritual
SUPERIORITY
The quality, state, or condition of being superior; as, superiority of rank; superiority in merit. Syn. -- Preëminence; excellence; predominancy; prevalence; ascendency; odds; advantage.
PREFERENCE
1. The act of Preferring, or the state of being preferred; the setting of one thing before another; precedence; higher estimation; predilection; choice; also, the power or opportunity of choosing; as, to give him his preference. Leave the critics
APRIORITY
The quality of being innate in the mind, or prior to experience; a priori reasoning.