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praeteritio

praeteritio is the alternative 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 praeteritio

pluralpraeteritios

Questions about praeteritio

What is praeteritio the alternative form of?
Praeteritio is the alternative form of preterition.

Words near praeteritio in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: praeteritio (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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