presecular

adj

presecular

adj

Etymology From pre- + secular.

1

Prior to a secular era.

In presecular times, religion was a sponsor of political regimes. It lent politics both legitimacy and legality.2002, Abdolkarim Soroush, ʻAbd al-Karīm Surūsh, Mahmoud Sadri, Reason, Freedom, and Democracy in Islam, page 60:

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