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posteriority
pos·te·ri·or·i·ty P0469300 (pŏ-stîr′ē-ôr′ĭ-tē, -ŏr′-, pō-)n. The condition of being posterior in location or time.posteriority (pəˌstɪərɪˈɒrɪtɪ) nthe state of being posterior in time or locationThesaurus| Noun | 1. | posteriority - the quality of being toward the back or toward the rear endquadruped - an animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized for walkingspatial relation, position - the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated; "the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage"anteriority - the quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head | | 2. | posteriority - following in timesubsequentness, subsequencelateness - quality of coming late or later in timeantecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedency, priority - preceding in time |
EncyclopediaSeeposteriorPosteriority
Related to Posteriority: posterityPOSTERIORITY, rights. Being or, coming after. It is a word of comparison, the correlative of which is priority; as, when a man holds lands from two landlords, he holds from his ancient landlord by priority and from the other by posteriority. 2 Inst. 392.
2. These terms, priority and posteriority, are also used in cases of liens the first are prior liens, and are to be paid in the first place; the last are posterior liens, and are not entitled to payment until the former have been satisfied. posteriority
Related to posteriority: posteritySynonyms for posterioritynoun the quality of being toward the back or toward the rear endRelated Words- quadruped
- spatial relation
- position
Antonymsnoun following in timeSynonyms- subsequentness
- subsequence
Related WordsAntonyms- antecedence
- antecedency
- anteriority
- precedence
- precedency
- priority
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