preterition

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Third, Olson raises this objection in the context of preterition and reprobation (he never uses the term preterition and seems to be unaware of this important distinction).

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  1. noun The act of passing by, disregarding, or omitting.
  2. noun Law Neglect of a testator to mention a legal heir in his or her will.
  3. noun Christianity The Calvinist doctrine that God neglected to designate those who would be damned, positively determining only the elect.

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  • Third, Olson raises this objection in the context of preterition and reprobation (he never uses the term preterition and seems to be unaware of this important distinction). —  Triablogue
  • In regards to preterition, we don't know why God passes over who he does. —  Triablogue
  • (Let me again remind our readers that the rhetorical figure I so much enjoy using is called preterition, as in: "If I were as mean as my opponent, I would remind him that his mother sold not only homemade cakes to her male customers, but, being a gentleman, I will pass over that fact.") —  OUPblog
  • If you had asked me a few years ago, I would have said that professors feel less restricted about the expressions they use (idioms, similes, metaphors, synecdoche, preterition) when teaching than do K-8 teachers, but now I think otherwise. —  FemaleScienceProfessor
 

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  1. Late Latin praeteritiō, praeteritiōn-, a passing over, from Latin praeteritus, past participle of praeterīre, to go by; see preterit.

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  1. Also præterition; = French prétérition = Provencal Spanish pretericion = Portuguese preterição = Italian preterizione, from Late Latin præteritio(n-), a passing over, an omission, from præterire, past participle præteritus, go by, go past: see preterit.
 

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