"pre-Christian" meaning in All languages combined

See pre-Christian on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Etymology: pre- + Christian Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|Christian}} pre- + Christian Head templates: {{en-adj|-|head=pre-Christian}} pre-Christian (not comparable)
  1. Pertaining to the time before the arrival of Christianity, particularly in Western Europe. Tags: not-comparable Related terms: pre-Abrahamic Translations (before the arrival of Christianity): precristianu (Asturian), дахрысція́нскі (daxryscijánski) (Belarusian), precristià (Catalan), førkristen (Danish), voorchristelijk (Dutch), esikristillinen (Finnish), préchrétien (French), precristián [masculine] (Galician), vorchristlich (German), kereszténység előtti (Hungarian), forkristinn (Icelandic), réamh-Chríostaí (Irish), precristiano (Italian), førkristen (Norwegian Bokmål), førkristen (Norwegian Nynorsk), przedchrześcijański (Polish), дохристиа́нский (doxristiánskij) (Russian), precristiano (Spanish), förkristen (Swedish), дохристия́нський (doxrystyjánsʹkyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-pre-Christian-en-adj-yUF4etrn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pre- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 80 20

Noun [English]

Forms: pre-Christians [plural]
Etymology: pre- + Christian Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|Christian}} pre- + Christian Head templates: {{en-noun}} pre-Christian (plural pre-Christians)
  1. (Christianity) A person who is not yet a Christian, regarded as a potential convert. Categories (topical): Christianity
    Sense id: en-pre-Christian-en-noun-Ca5eTOM7 Topics: Christianity

Inflected forms

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