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premundane

premundane adjective: synonym of antemundane; existing before the creation of the world.

Adjective

premundane (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of antemundane; existing before the creation of the world.
    • the heavenly Adam, one of the premundane creations of God1921, Eisler, Robert, Orpheus--The fisher Comparative studies in Orphic and early Christian cult symbolism, page 264
    • [...] having made truth transcendent we must make mind transcendent, endowing it with the ultramundane, if not premundane, life of the soul.1922, Giovanni Gentile, Theory of Mind as Pure Act, page 143
    Synonyms:
    antemundane

Synonyms of premundane

Origin of premundane

From pre- + mundane.

Questions about premundane

What does premundane mean?
Premundane means synonym of antemundane; existing before the creation of the world.
What part of speech is premundane?
Premundane is an adjective.

Words near premundane in the dictionary

  1. premultiplications
  2. premultiplied
  3. premultiplies
  4. premultiply
  5. premultiplying
  6. premundane
  7. premune
  8. premunicipal
  9. premunire
  10. premunire facias
  11. premunires

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