Pluperfect

Grammatical tense relating to an action antecedent to a subsequent action or event in the past

The pluperfect, usually called past perfect in English, characterizes certain verb forms and grammatical tenses involving an action from an antecedent point in time. Examples in English are: "we had arrived" before the game began; "they had been writing" when the bell rang.

This keyword could refer to multiple things. Here are some suggestions: