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preterist

American

[pret-er-ist] / ˈprɛt ər ɪst /

noun

a person who maintains that the prophecies in the Apocalypse have already been fulfilled.

adjective

of or relating to the preterists.

Etymology

Origin of preterist

First recorded in 1960–65; preter- + -ist

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