- a passing over; omission
- Law an omitting of one or more legal heirs from a will
- Theol. the passing over by God of those not elect: a doctrine of Calvinism
Origin of preterition
Late Latin praeteritio from Classical Latin praeteritus: see preteritpreterition
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preterition
noun
- The act of passing by, disregarding, or omitting.
- Law The failure of a testator to provide for a legal heir in his or her will.
- Christianity The Calvinist doctrine that God neglected to designate those who would be damned, positively determining only the elect.
Origin of preterition
Late Latin praeteritiō praeteritiōn- a passing over from Latin praeteritus past participle of praeterīre to go by ; see preterite .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
See also: praeterition(countable and uncountable, plural preteritions)
- The act of passing by, disregarding or omitting.
- A rhetorical device in which the speaker emphasizes something by omitting it.
- I do not intend to draw attention to my heroic military service; Instead, I will focus on the economy.
- (law) The failure of a testator to name a legal heir in his will.
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