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Answer for the clue "Existing in a former state or previous to something else ", 12 letters:
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 ...

WordNet 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.