antecedence

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antecedence (plural antecedences)

  1. The act of preceding in time or order.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of H. Spenser to this entry?)
  2. (astronomy) An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation.

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act of preceding
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