preexistent

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De Creeft believes that a sculpture, like the chicken in the egg, is partially "preexistent" in the shape of the block, the grain, the texture.

From Time Magazine Archive

Our author is himself a devout believer in a preexistent Christ, and he recognizes some rays of Christ's light in Buddha and in Confucius.

From A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions by Strong, Augustus Hopkins

I must stop, captain; no one can describe the woman he loves save very imperfectly, preexistent mysteries which defy analysis lie between them.

From The Country Doctor by Marriage, Ellen

The preexistent Christ has made all this literature one, by the influence in the sacred writers of his omnipresent Spirit.

From A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions by Strong, Augustus Hopkins

The truth will activate directly the preexistent action model, which is in this case to flee.

From The Brain, A Decoded Enigma by Moisa, Dorin Teodor