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infralapsarian

Syllabification: (in·fra·lap·sar·i·an)
Theology
Definition of infralapsarian

noun

  • a Calvinist holding the view that God’s election of only some to everlasting life was not originally part of the divine plan, but a consequence of the Fall of Man.

adjective

  • of or relating to the infralapsarians or their doctrine.

Origin:

mid 18th century: from infra- 'below' + Latin lapsus 'fall' + -arian

infralapsarian in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of infralapsarian in the British & World English dictionary