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- A troop of boy scouts, church-bound, too, bright with colored ribbons and badges, loped past in unmilitary array, and at Carfax I met the Mayor and corporation, in scarlet gowns and gold chains, preceded by wand-bearers and followed by no curious glances, in procession to the preaching at the City Church.†
p. 63.6preceded = went or was before
- I was thus faced with a bleak prospect and, turning the matter over in my mind, I felt something not far off remorse for the prodigality of the preceding weeks.†
p. 67.4 *preceding = prior (in time or space)
- Plender preceded him by some days; there was a difficulty here.†
p. 361.3preceded = went or was before
Definitions:
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(1)
(precede) to go or do before
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)