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preterist
[ pret-er-ist ]
/ ˈprɛt ər ɪst /
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noun
a person who maintains that the prophecies in the Apocalypse have already been fulfilled.Compare futurist (def. 2), presentist.
adjective
of or relating to the preterists.
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Words nearby preterist
pretension, pretensive, pretentious, preter-, preterhuman, preterist, preterit, preterite, preterition, preteritive, preterlegal
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