prelapsarian innocence

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• prelapsarian — /pree lap sair ee euhn/, adj. 1. Theol. occurring before the Fall: the prelapsarian innocence of Eden. 2. characteristic of or pertaining to any innocent or carefree period: a prelapsarian youth. 3. supralapsarian. n. 4. supralapsarian. [1875 80; …   Universalium

• prelapsarian — adjective /pɹiːlapˈsɛːɹɪən/ Of, or relating to the period of innocence before the Fall of man; innocent, unspoiled. Ideally, individual stories and Gods plan share the same final goal, namely, returning to a prelapsarian state of perfect… …   Wiktionary

• Nicholas of Flüe — Saint Nicholas of Flüe Nicholas of Flüe, from the altar piece of the local parish church in Sachseln. Brother Klaus Born 1417 Unterwalden, Switzerland …   Wikipedia

• unfallen — “+ adjective Etymology: un (I) + fallen, past participle of fall : not morally fallen : marked by a state of prelapsarian innocence unfallen man an atmosphere as unfallen as the original Garden L.A.Fiedler …   Useful english dictionary

• Fall of Man — Adam, Eve, and a female serpent at the entrance to Notre Dame de Paris In Christian doctrine, the Fall of Man, or simply the Fall, refers to the transition of the first humans from a state of innocent obedience to God to a state of guilty… …   Wikipedia

• cleanliness — Synonyms and related words: asepsis, blamelessness, blotlessness, chastity, clean slate, cleanly habits, cleanness, clear conscience, daintiness, fastidiousness, faultlessness, freshness, guiltlessness, honor, hospital cleanliness, immaculacy,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• purity — Synonyms and related words: Attic simplicity, Atticism, Christianity, Christlikeness, Christliness, Munsell chroma, absoluteness, angelicalness, appropriateness, asepsis, assured probity, beauty of holiness, blamelessness, blotlessness,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• lapsarian — 1. adjective Of or pertaining to the fall of man from innocence, especially to the role of women in that fall. 2. noun One who believes that mankind has fallen from a better state. See Also: antelapsarian, ante lapsarian, infralapsarian, infra… …   Wiktionary

• clean slate — Synonyms and related words: blamelessness, blank, bloodless revolution, bouleversement, breakdown, breakup, cataclysm, catastrophe, clean sweep, cleanliness, cleanness, clear conscience, computer revolution, convulsion, counterrevolution, debacle …   Moby Thesaurus

• sinless — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. impeccable, virtuous, innocent, immaculate; absolved, shriven, purified, forgiven; unfallen, prelapsarian. See purity, innocence. Ant., sinful. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. pure, perfect, upright,… …   English dictionary for students