| anteriority | (n) the quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head, Ant. posteriority |
| priority | (n) preceding in time, Syn. antecedency, antecedence, anteriority, precedency, precedence, Ant. posteriority |
| Anteriority | n. [ LL. anterioritas. ] The state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation; priority. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ] |