pre-Christian

English

Etymology

From 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

• Asturian: precristianu
• Belarusian: дахрысція́нскі (daxryscijánski)
• Catalan: precristià
• Danish: førkristen
• Dutch: voorchristelijk
• Finnish: esikristillinen
• French: préchrétien (fr)
• Galician: precristián m
• German: vorchristlich (de)
• Hungarian: kereszténység előtti
• Icelandic: forkristinn
• Irish: réamh-Chríostaí
• Italian: precristiano
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: førkristen

  Nynorsk: førkristen

• Polish: przedchrześcijański (pl)
• Russian: дохристиа́нский (ru) (doxristiánskij)
• Spanish: precristiano
• Swedish: förkristen (sv)
• Ukrainian: дохристия́нський (doxrystyjánsʹkyj)

Noun

pre-Christian (plural pre-Christians)

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