infralapsarianism

Variant of infralapsarian

infralapsarian definition

infra·lap·sar·ian (in′frə lap ser′ē ən)

noun

any of a group of Calvinists who held that God's plan of salvation for some people followed and was a consequence of the fall of humankind from grace

Etymology: < infra- + L lapsus, a fall (see lapse) + -arian

adjective

of this doctrine

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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