What is another word for "antecedence"?

Roget's Thesaurus (1911) lists these synonyms for "antecedence": advance, afore, aforehand, aforementioned, aforesaid, already, antecedency, antecedent, anteposition, anterior, anteriority, anticipate, ball, before, beforehand, come, coming, dance, dawn, early, ere, erewhile, eve, fashion, first, forerun, forestall, former, front, gain, get, have, head, herald, importance, influence, introduce, introductory, lead, march.