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Noun: preterist  pre-tu-rist
  1. A theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) have already been fulfilled
    "The preterist argued that the events described in Revelation occurred in the first century CE"

Derived forms: preterists

Type of: theologian, theologiser [Brit], theologist, theologizer

Encyclopedia: Preterist