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adj
Pertaining to the time before the arrival of Christianity, particularly in Western Europe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
A person who is not yet a Christian, regarded as a potential convert.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
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adjective
of or relating to or being the time before the beginning of the Christian era
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh2- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh2i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English Christian English pre-Christian From pre- + Christian.
Across languages
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