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Existing in a former state or previous to something else
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preexistence
Word definitions for preexistence in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Preexistence \Pre`["e]x*ist"ence\, n. Existence in a former state, or previous to something else. Wisdom declares her antiquity and pre["e]xistence to all the works of this earth. --T. Burnet. Existence of the soul before its union with the body; -- a doctrine ...
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. existing in a former state or previous to something else
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The condition of existing prior to the current time 2 The existence of a soul in a previous embodiment
Usage examples of preexistence.
An irresistible belief in preexistence, immortality and transmigration, results.