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postlapsarian — /pohst lap sair ee euhn/, adj. occurring or being after the Fall. [1725 35; POST + lapsarian, as in INFRALAPSARIAN, SUPRALAPSARIAN] * * * … Universalium
prelapsarian — /pree lap sair ee euhn/, adj. 1. Theol. occurring before the Fall: the prelapsarian innocence of Eden. 2. characteristic of or pertaining to any innocent or carefree period: a prelapsarian youth. 3. supralapsarian. n. 4. supralapsarian. [1875 80; … Universalium
supralapsarianism — supralapsarian, n., adj. /sooh preuh lap sair ee euh niz euhm/, n. Theol. the doctrine that the decree of election preceded human creation and the Fall (opposed to infralapsarianism). [1765 75; SUPRA + lapsarian, as in INFRALAPSARIAN + ISM] * * * … Universalium
prelapsarian — adjective /pɹiːlapˈsɛːɹɪən/ Of, or relating to the period of innocence before the Fall of man; innocent, unspoiled. Ideally, individual stories and Gods plan share the same final goal, namely, returning to a prelapsarian state of perfect… … Wiktionary
infralapsarian — noun A Calvinist who holds that only some souls will be elected to everlasting life, as a consequence of the Fall of man, rather than as part of the original divine plan See Also: lapsarian … Wiktionary
postlapsarian — adjective a) Pertaining to anything which follows a lapse or failure. b) The state of being which followed the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the . Syn: sublapsarian, infralapsarian Ant: prelapsarian … Wiktionary