presecular en · ADJ
Etymology
From pre- + secular.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Prior to a secular era.
In presecular times, religion was a sponsor of political regimes. It lent politics both legitimacy and legality.
2002, Abdolkarim Soroush, ʻAbd al-Karīm Surūsh, Mahmoud Sadri, Reason, Freedom, and Democracy in Islam, page 60: