'Preexistence' definitions:
Definition of 'preexistence'
(from WordNet)
noun
Existing in a former state or previous to something else
Definition of 'Preexistence'
From: GCIDE
- 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]