infralapsarian

American

[in-fruh-lap-sair-ee-uhn] / ˌɪn frə læpˈsɛər i ən /

noun

a person who believes in infralapsarianism.

adjective

of or relating to infralapsarians or infralapsarianism.

infralapsarian British

/ ˌɪnfrəlæpˈsɛərɪən /

noun

Christian theol Calvinist a person who believes that foreknowledge of the Fall preceded God's decree of who was predestined to salvation and who was not Compare supralapsarian

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Other Word Forms

infralapsarianism

noun

Etymology

Origin of infralapsarian

1725–35; infra- + Latin laps ( us ) a fall ( see lapse) + -arian

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