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from The Century Dictionary.
- Constituting a premise, especially of a logical conversion.
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The ex means (a) the negation of prejacent material, out of which the product might otherwise be conceived to proceed, and (b) the order of succession, viz., existence after non-existence.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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The third is the error which holds that God made the world from prejacent matter (ex praejacenti materia).
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