Meanings
- not comparableSynonym of antemundane; existing before the creation of the world.
the heavenly Adam, one of the premundane creations of God
1921, Eisler, Robert, Orpheus--The fisher Comparative studies in Orphic and early Christian cult symbolism, page 2642 more examples
[...] having made truth transcendent we must make mind transcendent, endowing it with the ultramundane, if not premundane, life of the soul.
1922, Giovanni Gentile, Theory of Mind as Pure Act, page 143With irresistible force Feuerbach is finally driven to the realisation that the Hegelian premundane existence of the “absolute idea”, the “pre-existence of the logical categories” before the world existed, is nothing more than the fantastic survival of the belief in the existence of an extramundane creator [...]
1975, Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, On Religion, page 202Synonyms: antemundane
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of antemundane; existing before the creation of the world.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
- Proto-Italic*prai
- Proto-Italic*prai-
- Latinprae-
- Middle Englishpre-
- Englishpre-
- Englishmundane
- Englishpremundane
Cite this entry
premundane. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/premundane
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