| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class I. Words Expressing Abstract Relations | | Section VI. Time | | 2. Relative Time |
| 1. Time with reference to Succession |
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| 116. Priority. |
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| NOUN: | PRIORITY, antecedence, anteriority, precedence, preëxistence; precession [See Precession]; precursor [See Precursor]; the past [See Preterition]; premises.
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| VERB: | PRECEDE, come before; forerun; prevene [rare], antecede; go before (lead) [See Precession]; preëxist; dawn; presage [See Prediction]; herald, usher in, announce.
be beforehand &c. (be early) [See Earliness]; steal a march upon, anticipate, forestall; have the start, gain the start.
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| ADJECTIVE: | PRIOR, previous; preceding, precedent [rare]; anterior, antecedent; preëxistent; former, aforegoing, aforesighted, aforementioned, aforethought, fore [obs.], foregoing; before-mentioned, above-mentioned; aforesaid, said; introductory (precursory) [See Precursor]; prodromal.
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| ADVERB: | BEFORE, prior to; earlier; previously &c. adj.; afore [obs.], aforehand [archaic], ere, theretofore, erewhile; ere then, ere now, before then, before now; already, yet, beforehand; or ever, aforetime; on the eve of.
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| QUOTATIONS: | - Prior tempore prior jure.
- When I was a king in Babylon And you were a Christian slave.—Henley
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