pre-christian

1. 1.

   of or relating to or being the time before the beginning of the Christian era

Questions about pre-christian

What does pre-christian mean?

pre-christian means "of or relating to or being the time before the beginning of the Christian era".

How many syllables are in pre-christian?

pre-christian has 4 syllables and divides as pre-ch-ri-sti-an under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is pre-christian a common word?

pre-christian is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.