preexistence
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- præ-existence, præexistence, præ-existency, præexistency, pre-existency, preexistency (obsolete)
- pre-existence
- preëxistence (uncommon)
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preexistence (countable and uncountable, plural preexistences)
- The condition of having existed prior to the current time.
- The existence of a soul in a previous embodiment.