Bible Dictionaries
Prerequisite

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Previously required; necessary as a preliminary to any proposed effect or end; as, prerequisite conditions of success.

(2):

(n.) Something previously required, or necessary to an end or effect proposed.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Prerequisite'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/prerequisite.html. 1828.