pre-Islamic

[ pree-is-lam-ik, -lah-mik, -iz- ]

adjective

Origin of pre-Islamic

First recorded in 1875–80

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Were they dispossessed, their ancient, pre-Islamic communities destroyed, their families dismembered—of their own free will?
Denigrating Jewish Refugees | Lyn Julius | August 9, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Iranians take pride in their pre-Islamic culture and their ancient civilization.
Memo From the Streets of Tehran, Part II | Parvez Sharma | June 19, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
I want also to tell you that the pre-Islamic legends I spoke of to you are admirably arranged for musical suggestion.
The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 1 | Elizabeth Bisland
The pre-Islamic thinkers, however, clearly perceived that the original Principle must be dynamically conceived.
The Development of Metaphysics in Persia | Muhammad Iqbal
The Arabian poetry which has been most frequently translated and written about in English is pre-Islamic poetry.
The Literature of Ecstasy | Albert Mordell

In fact the elegy is more common among early pre-Islamic poetry than the love poem.
The Literature of Ecstasy | Albert Mordell
It may be said of these magnificent odes, as of the Iliad and The pre-Islamic poems.
A Literary History of the Arabs | Reynold Nicholson

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