"status quo ante" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: status quo antes [plural]
Etymology: From the Latin stātus quō ante (“the way things were before”), possibly from stātus quō ante bellum (“the way things were before the war”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|stātus quō ante||the way things were before}} Latin stātus quō ante (“the way things were before”) Head templates: {{en-noun|head=status quo ante}} status quo ante (plural status quo antes)
  1. The state of things as they were before; a preexisting state of affairs. Coordinate_terms: status quo, status quo ante bellum
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