"preclerical" meaning in English

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  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "2007, Daniel Burston, Erik Erikson and the American Psyche: Ego, Ethics, and Evolution, page 132",
          "text": "And on the other hand, Tolstoy's attempt to recapture the ethos of \"primitive,\" preclerical Christianity enjoined a dramatic detachment from personal wealth and possessions, a communitarian communism […]",
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        "Before the development of the clergy."
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  "word": "preclerical"
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