What is "anteriority"

Anteriority \An*te`ri*or"i*ty\, n. [LL. anterioritas.] The state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation; priority.
--Pope.

n. The state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation; priority.

1. n. the quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head [ant: posteriority]

2. preceding in time [syn: priority, antecedence, antecedency, precedence, precedency] [ant: posteriority]