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presecular

presecular adjective: prior to a secular era.

Adjective

presecular (not comparable)

  1. Prior to a secular era.
    • In presecular times, religion was a sponsor of political regimes. It lent politics both legitimacy and legality.2002, Abdolkarim Soroush, ʻAbd al-Karīm Surūsh, Mahmoud Sadri, Reason, Freedom, and Democracy in Islam, page 60

Origin of presecular

From pre- + secular.

Questions about presecular

What does presecular mean?
Presecular means prior to a secular era.
What part of speech is presecular?
Presecular is an adjective.

Words near presecular in the dictionary

  1. presectioning
  2. presections
  3. presector
  4. presectorial
  5. presectors
  6. presecular
  7. presecurity
  8. preseed
  9. preseeded
  10. preseeding
  11. preseedings

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