The change in meaning took place during the century preceding this one; we told you we used to be a bit of a scholar.

For half a century, preceding the Troubles, we witnessed that possession of a majority vote abused and exploited by those in power.

Our history is old, and very much of the centuries preceding the Empire's foundation has become obscured by myth and legend.

Meditation was an aspect of the practice of the yogis in the centuries preceding the Buddha.

Various philosophers, such as the Pythagoreans, had advocated simple living in the centuries preceding the Cynics.

He was descending a steep, spiral staircase, the steps made of stone, worn and rounded as though many centuries of footsteps had preceded his.

During the century and a half preceding the French Revolution, the main administrative organization of France was known as the Généralité.

They represented the Dravidisation of Sanskrit which had begun during the centuries preceding the Christian era.

However, the large number and size of archeological sites on Attu have led to estimates of 2,000-5,000 inhabitants during the centuries preceding European contact.

Two English works, however, on the medical uses of water had been translated into German in the century preceding the rise of the movement under Priessnitz.