lapsarian, n. and a.
(læpˈsɛərɪən)
[f. L. laps-us fall + -arian, or as back-formation from infralapsarian, etc.]
A. n. (See quot. 1928.) B. adj. Of or pertaining to the fall of man. Also transf.
| 1928 Funk's Stand. Dict., Lapsarian, one who believes in the doctrine of the fall of man from innocence. 1954 Dillenberger & Welch Protestant Christianity 91 The holders of lapsarian theories..attempted to safeguard the priority of God's activity by ascribing all events and all happenings to him. 1969 A. Richardson Dict. Chr. Theol. 189/2 (heading) Lapsarian controversy. 1970 K. Millett Sexual Politics (1971) 181 The awesome lapsarian moment when the female discovers her inferiority. |