pre-Islamic

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

adjective

1. existing prior to the ascendancy of Islam; pre-Muslim.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pre-Islamic¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

A self-described “chunky kid” growing up in pre-Islamic Revolution times, Panahi was cast due to his build in a short film produced by Iran’s Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults.

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Zarqa Al Yamama is the story of a blue-eyed tribal matriarch with the gift of foreseeing the future in pre-Islamic Arabia.

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Data gathered from the analysis of the four individuals' remains allowed researchers to characterise the genetic composition of the region's pre-Islamic inhabitants -- insights that could only have been obtained by directly examining ancient DNA sequences.

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The country has been ruled by hard-line clerics who preach a strict version of Islam since the 1979 Islamic revolution, who discouraged people from following pre-Islamic feasts and traditions.

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While a number of walled oases dating back to the Bronze Age had already been documented, this major discovery sheds new light on human occupation in north-western Arabia, and provides a better grasp of local social complexity during the pre-Islamic period.

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