"precessor" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Latin praecessor",
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  "etymology_text": "Latin praecessor.",
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    {
      "form": "precessors",
      "tags": [
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "August 30 1651, Bishop Joseph Hall, letter to Thomas Fuller\nYour much devoted friend, precessor, and fellow-labourer, JOS. HALL, B. N. HIGHAM"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A predecessor; one who came before."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A predecessor; one who came before."
      ],
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        "obsolete"
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  ],
  "word": "precessor"
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  "etymology_text": "Latin praecessor.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "precessors",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "precessor (plural precessors)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "August 30 1651, Bishop Joseph Hall, letter to Thomas Fuller\nYour much devoted friend, precessor, and fellow-labourer, JOS. HALL, B. N. HIGHAM"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A predecessor; one who came before."
      ],
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        [
          "predecessor",
          "predecessor"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A predecessor; one who came before."
      ],
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        "obsolete"
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  ],
  "word": "precessor"
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