Pre-existence - Dictionary Definition and Overview

preexistence (noun)

1: existing in a former state or previous to something else

Based on WordNet 2.0

Preexistence \Pre`["e]x*ist"ence\, n. 1. 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.

2. Existence of the soul before its union with the body; -- a doctrine held by certain philosophers. --Addison.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)

Example Usage of Pre-existence

YWCgraham: Advent2 at Austichurch: The journey downwards: Pre-existence-womb-manger-homelessness-despised-rejected-mocking-crucifixion. For you and me
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