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preexistence


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  preexistence 
  n  :  existing  in  a  former  state  or  previous  to  something  else 




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