pre-theistic
pre-theistic adjective: of or relating to a point preceding the development of theism.
Adjective
pre-theistic (comparative more pre-theistic, superlative most pre-theistic)
- Of or relating to a point preceding the development of theism.
- If we look at the controlling source of its virtue, the potentially sacred substance of the human body, and compare the earliest forms of consecration, we see that the theory of anointing leads us back to pre-theistic and even pre-fetishistic times.1908, James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, Louis Herbert Gray, Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, page 554
- In order to demonstrate the pre-theistic or pre-deistic origin of religion from primitive simplicity, genealogical scholars elaborated a standard method of evolutionary stratification.1978, Park McGinty, Interpretation and Dionysos: Method in the Study of a God, page 13
Forms of pre-theistic
| comparative | more pre-theistic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most pre-theistic |
Origin of pre-theistic
From pre- + theistic.
Questions about pre-theistic
- What does pre-theistic mean?
- Pre-theistic means of or relating to a point preceding the development of theism.
- What part of speech is pre-theistic?
- Pre-theistic is an adjective.
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