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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Preterist

Præt'er-ĭst, n.

noun

(prĕt'er-ist), n. [Lat. præter, beyond, past.] (Theol.) One who holds that the whole or the greater part of the prophecies of the Apocalypse have been fulfilled.

Prĕt'er-ist, n.

noun

n. [Lat. præter, beyond, past.]

  1. One whose chief interest is in the past; one who regards the past with most pleasure or favor.
  2. (Theol.) One who believes the prophecies of the Apocalypse to have been already fulfilled.