precandidature en · ADJ
Etymology
From pre- + candidature.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Before candidature.
And inasmuch as he had been an outstandingly successful lawyer at the time of his nomination, a substantial gift in the pattern of his precandidature habit did not seem to be suspicion-breeding.
1976, Robert S. Holzman, Adapt Or Perish: The Life of General Roger A. Pryor, C.S.A., page 149: