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)
Usually myocarditis results from the preexistence of blood poisoning or of some infectious febrile disease.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
Book of Mormon scriptures are likewise explicit in proof of the preexistence of the Christ and of His foreappointed mission.
From Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern by Talmage, James Edward
If this were so, the case which would be one of latent illness or even of self-suggestion; and the preexistence of the future, without being entirely disproved, would be less clearly established.
From The Unknown Guest by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
Essential preexistence is an existence which is not preceded by a cause, but essential phenomena are preceded by causes.
From Some Answered Questions by `Abdu'l-Bahá
