premunicipal

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ municipal.

Adjective

premunicipal (not comparable)

1. Before the establishment of a municipality.
   • 2008, Gary Bridge, Sophie Watson, A Companion to the City, page 512:

     It is noticeable that many of these changes to urban policy and government bear more resemblance to the premunicipal era in the early phase of capitalist urbanization.