Preexistence

n.	1.	Existence in a former state, or previous to something else. Wisdom declares her antiquity and preëxistence to all the works of this earth. - T. Burnet.
	2.	Existence of the soul before its union with the body; - a doctrine held by certain philosophers.

Noun

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preexistence - existing in a former state or previous to something else

being, beingness, existence, preexist