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Definition of Pre-existent

1. Adjective. Existing previously or before something. "Variations on pre-existent musical themes"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pre-existent

Literary usage of Pre-existent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reportsby Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"Where there is no pre-existent right to be secured, the power of Congress ... It proceeds upon assuming a pre-existent common law right, which, however, ..."

2. Landmarks in the History of Early Christianity by Kirsopp Lake (1922)
"This form of thought is generally known as Adoptionism. The other way was to think of Jesus as a pre-existent divine being who ..."

3. Sketches of the History of Christian Art by Alexander Crawford Lindsay Crawford (1885)
"PROSELYTES FROM PRE- EXISTENT SCHOOLS—IMMEDIATE DISCIPLES. The earliest and one of the ablest of Giotto's pupils appears to have been Pietro Cavallini, ..."

4. Unitarian Principles Confirmed by Trinitarian Testimonies: Being Selections by John Wilson (1884)
"An Arian would say that our Saviour was pre-existent. If he had been no more than an incarnate seon or angel, he must have existed previous to his ..."

5. The Conception of Authority in the Pauline Writings by Alonzo Willard Fortune (1918)
"The pre-existent Christ a. Statement of Paul's teaching. Paul did not attempt to prove the pre-existence of Christ. His references to it are all incidental, ..."

6. New Testament Theology: Or, Historical Account of the Teaching of Jesus and by Willibald Beyschlag, Neil Buchanan (1895)
"... and yet to him Christ, not the pre-existent Christ as confusion drove men to imagine, but the Christ becoming sin for us, that is, living and dying in ..."

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