preadministration

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ administration.

Noun

preadministration (usually uncountable, plural preadministrations)

1. Previous administration.
   • 1659, John Pearson, Exposition of the Creed:

     baptism , as it was instituted by Christ after the preadministration of St. John […]

References

• “preadministration”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.