premortal en · ADJ
Etymology
From pre- + mortal.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Before the start of life.
"Latter-day Saints believe that all of us, Christ included, existed in a premortal existence, as spirits," Mr. Millet said.
2007 December 14, Laurie Goodstein, “Huckabee Is Not Alone in Ignorance on Mormonism”, in New York Times: