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preterition
[pret-uh-rish-uhn]
noun
the act of passing by or over; omission; disregard.
Law.the passing over by a testator of an heir otherwise entitled to a portion.
Calvinistic Theology.the passing over by God of those not elected to salvation or eternal life.
Rhetoric.paralipsis.
preterition
/ ˌɛəˈɪʃə /
noun
the act of passing over or omitting
Roman law the failure of a testator to name one of his children in his will, thus invalidating it
(in Calvinist theology) the doctrine that God passed over or left unpredestined those not elected to final salvation
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of preterition1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of preterition1
Example Sentences
“For me, I am not comfortable leaving the state,” Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, added in an able display of preterition with reporters on Monday.
It is, of course, Calvinistic, but in the article on election, there is nothing of either reprobation or preterition.
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