Prō'chrō-nĭsm, n.

n. [Fr. prochronisme, Sp. & It. procronismo, from Gr. πρόχρονος, preceding in time, προχρονίζειν, to precede in order of time, from πρό, before, and χρόνος, time.] The dating of an event before the time it happened; an antedating. [Obs.]