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praeterist

praeterist is the alternative form of preterist.

Meaning of preterist

Noun

preterist (plural preterists)

  1. One whose chief interest is in the past.
  2. An adherent of preterism; one who believes that the Biblical prophecies of the Apocalypse refer to historical events which have already taken place.

Forms of praeterist

pluralpraeterists

Questions about praeterist

What is praeterist the alternative form of?
Praeterist is the alternative form of preterist.

Words near praeterist in the dictionary

  1. praesternum
  2. praesutural
  3. praesystolic
  4. praetaxation
  5. praeter-
  6. praeterist
  7. praeterists
  8. praeteritio
  9. praeterition
  10. praeteritions
  11. praeteritios

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Adapted from Wiktionary: praeterist (page history and authors); preterist (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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