PRELAPSARIAN


Meaning of PRELAPSARIAN in English

/pree'lap sair"ee euhn/ , adj.

1. Theol. 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.

n.

4. supralapsarian.

[ 1875-80; PRE- + -lapsarian, as in INFRALAPSARIAN, SUPRALAPSARIAN ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .