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postlapsarian

/ˌpəʊstlæpˈsɛəɹɪən/

postlapsarian adjective: pertaining to anything which follows a lapse or failure.

Adjective

postlapsarian (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to anything which follows a lapse or failure.
  2. (Judaism) The state of being which followed The Fall (the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden).

postlapsarian meaning in Bengali

postlapsarian in Bengali

পতনের পরবর্তী অবস্থা

Synonyms of postlapsarian

Antonyms

Forms of postlapsarian

alternative formpost-lapsarian

Origin of postlapsarian

From post- (“after”) + lapsus (“of the fall”) + -arian (“of or pertaining to”).

Questions about postlapsarian

What does postlapsarian mean?
Postlapsarian means pertaining to anything which follows a lapse or failure.
What is postlapsarian in Bengali?
Postlapsarian in Bengali is পতনের পরবর্তী অবস্থা. See Postlapsarian meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is postlapsarian?
Postlapsarian is an adjective.
How do you pronounce postlapsarian?
Postlapsarian is pronounced /ˌpəʊstlæpˈsɛəɹɪən/.

Words near postlapsarian in the dictionary

  1. postladies
  2. postlady
  3. postlaminar
  4. postlaminectomy
  5. postlanding
  6. postlapsarian
  7. postlarva
  8. postlarvae
  9. postlarval
  10. postlaryngeal
  11. postlaunch

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Adapted from Wiktionary: postlapsarian (page history and authors); postlapsarian (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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