preexistence

English

Alternative forms
  • præ-existence, præexistence, præ-existency, præexistency, pre-existency, preexistency (obsolete)
  • pre-existence
  • preëxistence (uncommon)

Etymology

pre- +‎ existence

Pronunciation
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Noun

preexistence (countable and uncountable, plural preexistences)

  1. The condition of having existed prior to the current time.
  2. The existence of a soul in a previous embodiment.
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