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Definition of preterition - 3 dictionary results

pret⋅er⋅i⋅tion

  [pret-uh-rish-uhn]
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–noun
1. the act of passing by or over; omission; disregard.
2. Law. the passing over by a testator of an heir otherwise entitled to a portion.
3. Calvinistic Theology. the passing over by God of those not elected to salvation or eternal life.
4. Rhetoric. paralipsis.
Origin:
1600–10; < LL praeteritiōn- (s. of praeteritiō) a passing by. See preterit, -ion

par⋅a⋅lip⋅sis

  [par-uh-lip-sis]
–noun, plural -ses  [-seez] . Rhetoric.
the suggestion, by deliberately concise treatment of a topic, that much of significance is being omitted, as in “not to mention other faults.”
Also, paraleipsis, paralepsis.
Also called preterition.

Origin:
1580–90; < LL paralīpsis < Gk paráleipsis an omitting, equiv. to paraleíp(ein) to leave on one side (para- para- 1 + leípein to leave) + -sis -sis
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pret·er·i·tion   (prět'ə-rĭsh'ən)   
n.  

  1. The act of passing by, disregarding, or omitting.

  2. Law Neglect of a testator to mention a legal heir in his or her will.

  3. Christianity The Calvinist doctrine that God neglected to designate those who would be damned, positively determining only the elect.


[Late Latin praeteritiō, praeteritiōn-, a passing over, from Latin praeteritus, past participle of praeterīre, to go by; see preterit.]
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