Search Result for "preexistence":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. existing in a former state or previous to something else;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Preexistence \Pre`["e]x*ist"ence\, n. 1. Existence in a former state, or previous to something else. [1913 Webster] Wisdom declares her antiquity and pre["e]xistence to all the works of this earth. --T. Burnet. [1913 Webster] 2. Existence of the soul before its union with the body; -- a doctrine held by certain philosophers. --Addison. [1913 Webster]The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):
PRE-EXISTENCE, n. An unnoted factor in creation.
