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pre·mod·ern [ˌpri:ˈmɒdən, Am -mɑ:dɚn] ADJ

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The hunt for the ark, like evangelism itself, is a complex blend of the rational and the supernatural, the modern and the premodern.
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It was the antithesis of the rationalized social welfare state, an attempted return to premodern dispensation of patronage and tutelage, a gross violation of individualism.
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Rather, expressions such as thirty-two grains of wheat, taken from the middle of the ear appear to have been ritualistic formulas, essentially the premodern equivalent of legal boilerplate.
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Though herbalist have traditionally offered the most ready treatment of illness, premodern traditional beliefs stressed the combination of spiritual and physical healing.
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His views on the common good ("maslahah") and custom provide means to accommodate the space-time differential between modern and premodern realities.
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It attempts to freeze the essence of the country into a traditional, premodern past (even though this past is often constructed in the present).
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It assumes an unchanging, homogenous culture trapped in a premodern past.
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However, dreams "as" art, without a real frame story, appear to be a later developmentthough there is no way to know whether many premodern works were dream-based.
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This is because, in contrast to industrial economies, the average income ceiling of premodern agrarian societies was quite low everywhere, possibly not higher than twice the subsistence level.
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Infantry of these premodern periods also wore a variety of personal body armour, including chain mail and cuirasses.
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