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precedently, adv.|prɪˈsiːdəntlɪ|
[f. precedent a. + -ly2.]
In the way of precedence; previously, antecedently, beforehand.
1624Fisher in F. White Repl. F. 31 The mayne and substantiall points of faith are beleeued, not vpon Scripture, but vpon Tradition precedently vnto Scripture. 1678Hobbes Decam. ix. 117 For precedently he had said that [etc.]. 1768Woman of Honor II. 5 From what I have precedently touched to you of her character. a1848R. W. Hamilton Rew. & Punishm. i. (1853) 31 Precedently to this inquiry, another claims its notice. |