English Explanatory Dictionary

preterition

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of passing by, disregarding or omitting.
  2. Synonym of paralipsis.
  3. The failure of a testator to name a legal heir in their will.
  4. The doctrine that God passes over the non-elect in electing to eternal life those predestinated to salvation.

Word forms

preterition preteritions praeteritio praeterition præterition

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praeteritiō, from praetereō (“to omit”).

Synonyms

pretermission paralipsis
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