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preexistence (s) (noun), preexistences (pl)
1. The circumstance of being present before the current time: Many of the stories that can be read in Tom's book preexisted in the old notes and material by the author's great-grandfather.
2. The presence of a soul in an earlier manifestation: Lois always thought that there must have been some preexistence of her spirit, perhaps in another country!