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pretheistic

pretheistic is the alternative spelling of pre-theistic.

Meaning of pre-theistic

Adjective

pre-theistic (comparative more pre-theistic, superlative most pre-theistic)

  1. 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

Forms of pretheistic

comparativemore pretheistic
superlativemost pretheistic

Questions about pretheistic

What is pretheistic the alternative spelling of?
Pretheistic is the alternative spelling of pre-theistic.

Words near pretheistic in the dictionary

  1. prethcamide
  2. prethe
  3. pretheater
  4. pretheatre
  5. prethee
  6. pretheistic
  7. pretheological
  8. pretheology
  9. pretheoretical
  10. pretheoreticality
  11. pretheoretically

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