sublapsarianism

[suhb-lap-sair-ee-uh-niz-uhm]

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noun

Theology.

infralapsarianism.

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Other Word Forms

sublapsarian adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of sublapsarianism¹

1860–65; < New Latin sublāpsāri ( us ) ( Latin sub- sub- + lāps ( us ) a slip, lapse + -ārius -ary ) + -an + -ism

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Example Sentences

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Had McCoy disagreed with Warwick about Preterition, or had Warwick suspected McCoy of Sublapsarianism, then we should have had two histories of Christianity instead of one.