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Postlapsarian

//ˌpəʊstlæpˈsɛəɹɪən// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to anything which follows a lapse or failure. not-comparable
  2. 2
    The state of being which followed The Fall (the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden). Judaism, not-comparable

Etymology

From post- (“after”) + lapsus (“of the fall”) + -arian (“of or pertaining to”).

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