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Webster 1913 Edition
Preexistence
Preˊëx-ist′ence
,Noun.
1.
Existence in a former state, or previous to something else.
Wisdom declares her antiquity and
preëxistence
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.