Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
pre-christian is an adjective meaning "of or relating to or being the time before the beginning of the Christian era". It carries one recorded sense.
of or relating to or being the time before the beginning of the Christian era
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for pre-christian come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.