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proleptical

  • a variation of proleptic.
    proleptic
    adjective
    (of a date) retroactively calculated using a later calendar than the one used at the time.
  • a word derived from prolepsis.
    prolepsis
    noun
    the anticipation of possible objections in order to answer them in advance.

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It is evident that the revelation here made is proleptical, describing a state of things identical with that which in Rev. xxi.

From An Essay on the Scriptural Doctrine of Immortality by James Challis