preterition

[ pret-uh-rish-uhn ]

noun

1. the act of passing by or over; omission; disregard.
2. Law. the passing over by a testator of an heir otherwise entitled to a portion.
3. Calvinistic Theology. the passing over by God of those not elected to salvation or eternal life.
4. Rhetoric. paralipsis.

preterition

/ ˌprɛtəˈrɪʃən /

noun

1. the act of passing over or omitting
2. Roman law the failure of a testator to name one of his children in his will, thus invalidating it
3. (in Calvinist theology) the doctrine that God passed over or left unpredestined those not elected to final salvation

Word History and Origins

Origin of preterition¹

1600–10; < Late Latin praeteritiōn- (stem of praeteritiō ) a passing by. See preterit, -ion

Word History and Origins

Origin of preterition¹

C17: from Late Latin praeteritiō a passing over

Example Sentences

“For me, I am not comfortable leaving the state,” Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, added in an able display of preterition with reporters on Monday.

From New York Times

It is, of course, Calvinistic, but in the article on election, there is nothing of either reprobation or preterition.

From Project Gutenberg

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