premortal
Prior to life
Premortal means existing or occurring before mortal life.
The term appears primarily in Latter-day Saint theology, which holds that human spirits existed in a premortal realm before being born into physical bodies: We knew each other in the premortal existence.
Outside religious contexts, the word is rare, occasionally appearing in philosophical discussions of the soul.
Predetermined divine decree
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- providenceDivine protective care
- divinitySacred nature or nougat-like sweet
- omniscienceUnlimited knowledge state
creationism · theism · souls · election · covenant · heavenly realm · preexistence · spirit world
Formation of an idea
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- genesUnits of heredity
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- lineageDescent from progenitors
DNA · genetics · zygote · gametes · fertilization · embryology · gestation · ancestors
Innermost animating essence
- eternityBoundless temporal existence
- reincarnationSoul's rebirth after death
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
- samsaraCycle of rebirth
moksha · transmigration · bardo · rebirth · past lives · spirit · nirvana · incarnation
Beyond the material realm
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
- essenceFundamental nature of something
- idealismBelief in noble principles
- a prioriIndependent of experience
innate · potentiality · conceptual · nonphysical · immateriality · abstract · unmanifested · being
foreordination
Predetermined divine decree
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- providenceDivine protective care
- divinitySacred nature or nougat-like sweet
omniscience · creationism · theism · souls · election · covenant · heavenly realm · preexistence · spirit world · veil
conception
Formation of an idea
lineage · DNA · genetics · zygote · gametes · fertilization · embryology · gestation · ancestors · forebears
soul
Innermost animating essence
- eternityBoundless temporal existence
- reincarnationSoul's rebirth after death
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
samsara · moksha · transmigration · bardo · rebirth · past lives · spirit · nirvana · incarnation
metaphysical
Beyond the material realm
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
- essenceFundamental nature of something
- idealismBelief in noble principles
a priori · innate · potentiality · conceptual · nonphysical · immateriality · abstract · unmanifested · being · substance
premortalpostmortal
After death occurs
posthumous · postmortem · after death · beyond the grave · post-mortem
premortalafterlife
Existence beyond mortality
posthumous · eternal life · heaven · life after death · spirit world
pre, mortal, mort, mortality, immortal, immortality, mortally, mortem, mortician