Dictionary
Thesaurus
Encyclopedia
Translator
Web
Help
Copy & paste this link to your blog or website to reference this page
Related Searches
Senectitude
Lapsarian
In medias res
Honorificabilitudin...
Theriac
Nearby Words
prejudge
prejudicacy
prejudical
prejudicant
prejudicate
prejudication
prejudicative
prejudice
prejudiceless
prejudicial
prejudicial error
prejudicious
prekindergarten
preknowledge
prelacy
prelal
prelapsarian
prelate
prelate nullius
prelateity
prelates nullius
prelateship
prelatial
prelatic
prelatically
prelation
prelatism
prelatist
prelatize
prelatry
prelature
prelaty
prelaunch
prelapsarian
- 3 dictionary results
pre⋅lap⋅sar⋅i⋅an
/
ˌpri
læpˈsɛər
i
ən
/
Show Spelled Pronunciation
[
pree-lap-
sair
-ee-
uh
n
]
Show IPA
Use
prelapsarian
in a Sentence
See web results for
prelapsarian
See images of
prelapsarian
–adjective
1.
Theology
.
occurring before the Fall:
the prelapsarian innocence of Eden.
2.
characteristic of or pertaining to any innocent or carefree period:
a prelapsarian youth.
3.
supralapsarian.
–noun
4.
supralapsarian.
Origin:
1875–80;
pre-
+
-lapsarian,
as in
infralapsarian
,
supralapsarian
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source
|
Link To
prelapsarian
pre·lap·sar·i·an
(prē'lāp-sâr'ē-ən)
adj. Of or relating to the period before the fall of Adam and Eve.
[
pre-
+ Latin
lāpsus
,
fall
; see
lapse
+
-arian
.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Word Origin & History
prelapsarian
"pertaining to the condition before the Fall," 1879, from
pre-
+ L.
lapsus
"fall."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
No
Banner Ads.
Faster
Page Loading.
Get the
FREE
Dictionary.com Toolbar.
Search
another word
or see
prelapsarian
on
Thesaurus
|
Reference
»
flummox
»
polemic
»
laconic
»
scrivener
Facebook
Twitter
Follow us:
About
·
Privacy Policy
·
Terms of Use
·
Advertise with Us
·
Link to Us
·
Contact Us