preclerical
English
Etymology
pre- + clerical
Adjective
preclerical (not comparable)
- Before the development of the clergy.
- 2007, Daniel Burston, Erik Erikson and the American Psyche: Ego, Ethics, and Evolution (page 132)
- 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 […]
- 2007, Daniel Burston, Erik Erikson and the American Psyche: Ego, Ethics, and Evolution (page 132)