postlapsarian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Pertaining to anything which follows a lapse or failure.
  2. The state of being which followed The Fall (the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden).

Pronunciation

/ˌpəʊstlæpˈsɛəɹɪən/

Word forms

postlapsarian post-lapsarian

Etymology

From post- (“after”) + lapsus (“of the fall”) + -arian (“of or pertaining to”).

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