preclerical

adj

preclerical

adj

Etymology From pre- + clerical.

1

Before the development of the clergy.

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:

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