Foregoing (5)
I believe the answer is:
prior
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">foregoing</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(thesaurus)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for prior that I've seen before include "writer of epigrammatic verse" , "Antecedent" , "Senior monk; earlier" , "More important" , "Coming before in time or importance" .)