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Cross-days :: Cross-days (n. pl.) The three days preceding the Feast of the Ascension.

Catchword :: Catchword (n.) Among theatrical performers, the last word of the preceding speaker, which reminds one that he is to speak next; cue..

Anteriority :: Anteriority (n.) The state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation; priority.

Former :: Former (a.) Preceding in order of time; antecedent; previous; prior; earlier; hence, ancient; long past..

Above-cited :: Above-cited (a.) Cited before, in the preceding part of a book or writing..

Tuesday :: Tuesday (n.) The third day of the week, following Monday and preceding Wednesday..

Before :: Before (prep.) Preceding in time; earlier than; previously to; anterior to the time when; -- sometimes with the additional idea of purpose; in order that.

Anticipation :: Anticipation (n.) The commencing of one or more tones of a chord with or during the chord preceding, forming a momentary discord..

Youth :: Youth (n.) The part of life that succeeds to childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to manhood..

Schema :: Schema (n.) An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind; as, five dots in a line are a schema of the number five; a preceding and succeeding event are a schema of cause and effect..

Recapitulation :: Recapitulation (n.) The act of recapitulating; a summary, or concise statement or enumeration, of the principal points, facts, or statements, in a preceding discourse, argument, or essay..

Precedent :: Precedent (a.) Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services..

Wake :: Wake (n.) An annual parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking, often to excess..

Antenuptial :: Antenuptial (a.) Preceding marriage; as, an antenuptial agreement..

Whiting :: Whiting (n.) A North American fish (Merlucius vulgaris) allied to the preceding; -- called also silver hake.

First :: First (a.) Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign..

Vigil :: Vigil (v. i.) A religious service performed in the evening preceding a feast.

Presystolic :: Presystolic (a.) Preceding the systole or contraction of the heart; as, the presystolic friction sound..

Antecedent :: Antecedent (a.) Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause..

Cheliform :: Cheliform (a.) Having a movable joint or finger closing against a preceding joint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be used for grasping, as the claw of a crab; pincherlike..

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