/in'freuh lap sair"ee euh niz'euhm/ , n. Theol.
the doctrine, held by Augustinians and by many Calvinists, that God planned the Creation, permitted the Fall, elected a chosen number, planned their redemption, and suffered the remainder to be eternally punished (opposed to supralapsarianism ).
[ 1840-50; INFRALAPSARIAN + -ISM ]