| 单词 | pre-conquestal | 
| 释义 | pre-conquestaladj. rare.   Of or relating to the period preceding a conquest, esp. the Norman Conquest. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > victory > 			[adjective]		 > conquering or defeating > before specific conquest pre-conquest1877 pre-conquestala1878 a1878    G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. 		(1879)	 II. 59  				There were pre-conquestal Norman and post-conquestal Saxon buildings. 1880    Sat. Rev. 3 Apr. 439/2  				The fact of the town having been a pre-conquestal see no more makes the place a city than it makes the parson a dean. 1986    Hist. Jrnl. 29 490  				[Irish] Catholic antiquarians in the late eighteenth century could validate their claims to equality with their [English] overlords by presenting a sophisticated pre-conquestal native civilization. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < | 
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