Prereligious
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Before the existence of religion. not-comparable
"Here, they will naturally say, are tribes of men who have no religion because their forefathers never had any. They represent a prereligious stage of the human race, above which, in the course of ages, religious stages have risen[…]"
Example
More examples"Here, they will naturally say, are tribes of men who have no religion because their forefathers never had any. They represent a prereligious stage of the human race, above which, in the course of ages, religious stages have risen[…]"
Etymology
From pre- + religious.
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