postlapsarian
English
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editEtymology
editFrom post- (“after”) + lapsus (“of the fall”) + -arian (“of or pertaining to”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editpostlapsarian (not comparable)
- Pertaining to anything which follows a lapse or failure.
- (Judaism, Christianity) The state of being which followed The Fall (the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden).
Synonyms
edit- (Judeo-Christianity): sublapsarian, infralapsarian
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editSee also
edit- Fall of Man on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Lapsarianism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia