pre-existence

n [U] earlier form of existence, esp that of the soul before it enters the body 先存（尤指灵魂在进入肉体前的存在）; 前世.

prayer, prayer-book, prayer-mat (also `prayer-rug), prayer-meeting, prayer-wheel, praying mantis, pre-, pre-arrange, pre-arranged, pre-arrangement, pre-cast, pre-condition, pre-conditioning, pre-eminence, pre-eminent, pre-eminently, pre-empt, pre-emption, pre-emptive, pre-exist, pre-existent, pre-heat, pre-natal, pre-ordain, pre-package, Pre-Raphaelite, pre-record, pre-recorded, pre-school, pre-set, pre-shrunk, pre-stressed, pre-tax, pre-war, preach, preacher, preachy, preamble, prebend, prebendary,