proleptical
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2PROLEPTICAL + NOUN
notions, refutation, religion
ADV.
such
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adj
Anticipating the usual time; applied to a periodical disease whose paroxysms return at an earlier hour at every repetition.
Previous; antecedent.
Nor can the proleptical notions of Religion be so well defended by the protest Servants of the Altar
Of or pertaining to prolepsis; anticipative.
It must be always remembered that this was the object for which the Three Chapters which the Predestinarians have taken refuge in: they were written in fact as a proleptical refutation of such views.
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2Nor can the proleptical notions of Religion be so well defended by the protest Servants of the Altar
WiktionaryIt must be always remembered that this was the object for which the Three Chapters which the Predestinarians have taken refuge in: they were written in fact as a proleptical refutation of such views.
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