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preexistency

preexistency is the obsolete form of preexistence.

Meaning of preexistence

Noun

preexistence (countable and uncountable, plural preexistences)

  1. The condition of having existed prior to the current time.
  2. The existence of a soul in a previous embodiment.

Origin of preexistency

From pre- + existency.

Questions about preexistency

What is preexistency the obsolete form of?
Preexistency is the obsolete form of preexistence.

Words near preexistency in the dictionary

  1. preexilic
  2. preexist
  3. preexisted
  4. preexistence
  5. preexistences
  6. preexistency
  7. preexistent
  8. preexistentism
  9. preexisting
  10. preexisting condition
  11. preexisting conditions

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Adapted from Wiktionary: preexistency (page history and authors); preexistence (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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