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Adamite(dictionary)
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pre-adamite (iou)



pre-adamite noun & adjective. M17.
[from PRE- 2 + ADAM noun + -ITE1.]
A. noun.
A person of a race formerly believed to have existed before the time of Adam. M17.
A believer in the existence of men before Adam. obsolete exc. Hist. E18.
b. adjective. Belonging to a race or to the time previous to Adam; prehuman. L17.
pre-ada'mitic adjective = PRE-ADAMITE adjective E18.
pre-adamitism noun the doctrine of the existence of pre-adamite man L18.