preterition
See also: praeterition
English
Alternative forms
- praeteritio
- praeterition
- præterition
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praeteritiō, from praetereō (“to omit”).
Noun
preterition (countable and uncountable, plural preteritions)
- The act of passing by, disregarding or omitting.
- (rhetoric) Synonym of paralipsis
- (law) The failure of a testator to name a legal heir in his will.
- (theology) The doctrine that God passes over the non-elect in electing to eternal life those predestinated to salvation.
Translations
the act of passing by, disregarding or omitting
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