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infralapsarian

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

noun

  1. a person who believes in infralapsarianism.

adjective

  1. of or relating to infralapsarians or infralapsarianism.

infralapsarian British  
/ ˌɪnfrəlæpˈsɛərɪən /

noun

  1. 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 ( lapse ) + -arian

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