Pre-theistic

adj

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Adjective
  1. 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."

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"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."

Etymology

From pre- + theistic.

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