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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Existing or occurring before this world was created; antemundane.

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Examples

  • Time, as we shall see later, cannot exist without motion and moving things, hence before the world there was no time, and the fourth argument does not apply to premundane existence.

    A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy Isaac Husik 1907

  • The latter is the only one who has recognised with perfect clearness that the premundane Christ must be assumed to be

    History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890

  • Sabellianism did it at the cost of his premundane and real personality, and therefore by common consent was out of the question.

    The Arian Controversy Henry Melvill Gwatkin 1880

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  • Period before the creation of the earth. (from Phrontistery)

    May 25, 2008