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præterition

præterition is the obsolete form of preterition.

Meaning of preterition

Noun

preterition (countable and uncountable, plural preteritions)

  1. The act of passing by, disregarding or omitting.
  2. (rhetoric) Synonym of paralipsis.
    Synonyms:
    paralipsis
  3. The failure of a testator to name a legal heir in their will.
  4. The doctrine that God passes over the non-elect in electing to eternal life those predestinated to salvation.

Forms of præterition

pluralpræteritions

Questions about præterition

What is præterition the obsolete form of?
Præterition is the obsolete form of preterition.

Words near præterition in the dictionary

  1. prætension
  2. prætensions
  3. prætentious
  4. præter-
  5. præterite
  6. præterition
  7. præternatural
  8. prætexta
  9. prætor
  10. prætores
  11. prætoria

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Adapted from Wiktionary: præterition (page history and authors); preterition (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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