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sublapsarianism

American

[suhb-lap-sair-ee-uh-niz-uhm] / ˌsʌb læpˈsɛər i əˌnɪz əm /

noun

Theology.

infralapsarianism.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

sublapsarian

adjective

Etymology

Origin of sublapsarianism

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

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