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preterition

[ pret-uh-rish-uhn ]

noun

  1. the act of passing by or over; omission; disregard.
  2. Law. the passing over by a testator of an heir otherwise entitled to a portion.
  3. Calvinistic Theology. the passing over by God of those not elected to salvation or eternal life.
  4. Rhetoric. paralipsis.


preterition

/ ˌɛəˈɪʃə /

noun

  1. the act of passing over or omitting
  2. Roman law the failure of a testator to name one of his children in his will, thus invalidating it
  3. (in Calvinist theology) the doctrine that God passed over or left unpredestined those not elected to final salvation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of preterition1

1600–10; < Late Latin ٱپō- (stem of ٱپō ) a passing by. See preterit, -ion
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of preterition1

C17: from Late Latin ٱپō a passing over
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“For me, I am not comfortable leaving the state,” Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, added in an able display of preterition with reporters on Monday.

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It is, of course, Calvinistic, but in the article on election, there is nothing of either reprobation or preterition.

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