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prereligious

adj

Etymology

From pre- + religious.

  1. derived from religiōsus — “religious, superstitious, conscientious”
  2. derived from religious
  3. derived from religieus
  4. inherited from religiouse
  5. prefixed as prereligious — “pre + religious”

Definitions

  1. Before the existence of religion.

    • 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[…]

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