preterist

pret·er·ist

[pret-er-ist] Theology.
noun
1.
a person who maintains that the prophecies in the Apocalypse have already been fulfilled. Compare futurist ( def 2 ), presentist.
adjective
2.
of or pertaining to the preterists.

Origin:
1960–65; preter- + -ist

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preterist

noun
a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) have already been fulfilled 
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