preexistence
- a word derived from preexist.
Example Sentences
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Those products which bear the smallest ratio to the total wealth, those which come last in the industrial series and whose creation supposes the preexistence of all the others.
From System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)
The preexistence of Christ, and his rank as God, is now openly avowed.
From The Christ Of Paul Or, The Enigmas of Christianity by Reber, George
This great Truth does not de- stroy but substantiates man's identity,—together with his immortality and preexistence, or his spiritual co- existence with his Maker.
From Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 by Eddy, Mary Baker
It is not that there are dim memories of a preexistence before birth, but there are always haunting dreams of a true friendship on earth.
From The Abiding Presence of the Holy Ghost in the Soul by Jarrett, Bede
It is true—to do complete justice to neospiritualism—that its position offers certain advantages from the point of view of the almost inconceivable problem of the preexistence of the future.
From The Unknown Guest by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
