ˌSuperlapˈsarian, n. and a. Theol. rare.
[See super- 8, and cf. Sublapsarian.]
= Supralapsarian.
| 1668 H. More Div. Dial. iii. xv. (1713) 209 The Religion of the Superlapsareans, the Object whereof is Infinite Power unmodified by either Justice or Goodness. a 1679 T. Goodwin Disc. Election iv. viii. Wks. 1682 II. 305 Those that are called Superlapsarians, they say, Man came up into God's mind first without the consideration of the Fall. 1807–8 Syd. Smith Plymley's Lett. Wks. 1859 II. 137/1 Every sublapsarian, and superlapsarian, and semi pelagian clergyman. |