| 单词 | preterition |
| 释义 | preterition[ pret-uh-rish-uhn ] / ˌprɛt əˈrɪʃ ən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR preterition ON THESAURUS.COM nounthe 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. Origin of preterition1600–10; <Late Latin praeteritiōn- (stem of praeteritiō) a passing by. See preterit, -ion Words nearby preteritionpreter-, preterhuman, preterist, preterit, preterite, preterition, preteritive, preterlegal, preterm, preterm infant, pretermit Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for preteritionpreterition / (ˌprɛtəˈrɪʃən) / nounthe 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 Word Origin for preteritionC17: from Late Latin praeteritiō a passing over 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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