presecular

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ secular

Adjective

presecular (not comparable)

1. Prior to a secular era.
   • 2002, Abdolkarim Soroush, ʻAbd al-Karīm Surūsh, Mahmoud Sadri, Reason, Freedom, and Democracy in Islam, page 60:

     In presecular times, religion was a sponsor of political regimes. It lent politics both legitimacy and legality.