pre-Christian

pre-Christian

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ Christian

Adjective

pre-Christian (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the time before the arrival of Christianity, particularly in Western Europe.

   pre-Christian and pre-Abrahamic traditions

Related terms

• pre-Abrahamic

Translations

before the arrival of Christianity

Catalan: precristià Danish: førkristen Finnish: esikristillinen French: préchrétien (fr) Galician: precristián m German: vorchristlich (de) Icelandic: forkristinn

Irish: réamh-Chríostaí Italian: precristiano Norwegian: Bokmål: førkristen Nynorsk: førkristen Russian: дохристиа́нский (ru) (doxristiánskij) Swedish: förkristen (sv)

Noun

pre-Christian (plural pre-Christians)

1. (Christianity) A person who is not yet a Christian, regarded as a potential convert.