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prelapsarian

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pre⋅lap⋅sar⋅i⋅an

  [pree-lap-sair-ee-uhn]
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–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
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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
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Word Origin & History

prelapsarian 
"pertaining to the condition before the Fall," 1879, from pre- + L. lapsus "fall."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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