ADJECTIVE
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existing previously or before something
variations on pre-existent musical themes
How To Use preexistent In A Sentence
- The object renders in material form the preexistent intention that gave birth to it, and its form is accounted for by the performance expected of it even before it takes shape. Artificial or Natural
- Rather, they say things like “this is good” or “this is wrong,” and seem to actually think they are discovering these values as preexistent realities independent of the desires of individuals — which is not quite the case. Paradigm Assessment Schemata (Part 3)
- It describes "'latent' or 'preexistent' evolutionary potential" in our history, they say. The Panda's Thumb: Biological complexity Archives
- They thus shifted attention away from the historical life of Jesus, putting it into the shadow and promoting instead the Incarnation i.e., of a preexistent Son. Did Jesus Claim To Be God?
- There is promise that, as the demology of aboriginal America is pushed forward, the records relating to the Siouan Indians and especially to their structure and institutions will aid in explaining why some stocks are limited and others extensive, why large stocks in general characterize the interior and small stocks the coasts, and why the dominant peoples of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries were successful in displacing the preexistent and probably more primitive peoples of the Mississippi valley. The Siouan Indians
- Part of what makes the Petite Rivière Shelter Center camp work so well is that it is composed of members of a preexistent community which relocated en masse after the earthquake. Beverly Bell: "Part of the Dream for National Reconstruction": Haitian Refugee Camps Model Future Society
- John 1 is about a personified logos, not a preexistent Son. Ecce Recensus: The Only True God Persuades A Skeptic
- The preexistent experiences from other large countries with a great diversity of aquatic ecosystem are beneficial to the nationwide forthcoming watershed restoration and management in China.
- Kenotic theology is a theology that focuses on the person of Christ in terms of some form of self - limitation by the preexistent Son in his becoming man.
- In doing so, He was not only claiming to be the preexistent Sovereign of the universe but prophesying that He would vindicate His claim by judging the very court that was now condemning Him. Debunking Debunking Christianity Christianity