† formernessn.
Obsolete.
The quality of being former; anteriority.
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the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [noun]
priority?a1475
prevention1544
earliness1575
foregoinga1586
foreness1587
formerness1587
antecedency1598
anteriority1599
precedence1605
pregression1623
antecedencea1626
antecession1629
precedency1634
beforeness1635
earlierness1674
previousness1677
precursorship1856
anteriornessa1866
precession1898
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. vii. 98 Where order is, there is a formernesse and an afternesse.
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 14 To shut out formerness and afterness.
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