Prelapsarian

Quick meaning: Prelapsarian is an adjective meaning (Judaism, Christianity) Of, or relating to the period of innocence before the Fall of man; innocent, unspoiled.

Meaning

(Judaism, Christianity) Of, or relating to the period of innocence before the Fall of man; innocent, unspoiled.

Example Sentences

Conservative think-tanks have the same dream of return to a prelapsarian innocence.

Back in those ancient, prelapsarian days, "girl-on-girl" hadn’t even been invented yet.

Ideally, individual stories and God's plan share the same final goal, namely, returning to a prelapsarian state of perfect communication with God.

Can you really turn a few keyboards outside London's landmarks into the equivalent of a pub honky-tonk for a good old knees-up; a 50s living room where the family would gather around the piano every evening, in some prelapsarian vision of the olden days […]?

Word Forms

• pre-lapsarian

Synonyms for prelapsarian

Depending on context, synonyms include antelapsarian, halcyon.

Antonyms for prelapsarian

Common opposites include postlapsarian.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include prediluvian, primeval, pristine, preadamitic, precreative, antepaschal.

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