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prephilately

prephilately noun: the branch of philately concerned with postal systems prior to the introduction of postage stamps.

Noun

prephilately (uncountable)

  1. The branch of philately concerned with postal systems prior to the introduction of postage stamps.

Origin of prephilately

From pre- + philately.

Questions about prephilately

What does prephilately mean?
Prephilately means the branch of philately concerned with postal systems prior to the introduction of postage stamps.
What part of speech is prephilately?
Prephilately is a noun.

Words near prephilately in the dictionary

  1. prephases
  2. prephenate
  3. prephenates
  4. prephenic acid
  5. prephilatelic
  6. prephilately
  7. prephilosophical
  8. prephonatory
  9. prephonemic
  10. prephonetic
  11. prephoretic

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