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词汇 postlapsarian
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Definition of postlapsarian in English:

postlapsarian

adjectiveˌpəʊstlapˈsɛːrɪənˌpōstlapˈserēən
Theology literary
  • Occurring or existing after the Fall of Man.

    〔神学〕〈诗/文〉人类堕落后的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They examine the creation of humanity: on the level of the prelapsarian situation, and on the level of postlapsarian conditions.
    • That means an inferior and subordinate role, which has been ratified in the postlapsarian situation, particularly under the weight of the curse.
    • Consequently, God provided his creature, the human being, with the capacities to survive in a postlapsarian situation, under the conditions of pain and tears, of hardship and death.
    • Although the volume depicts a spiritual drought in the postlapsarian world that hinders its individuation, glimmers of the active imagination provide a vehicle for redemption.
    • God thus wills what Michael calls a ‘happy end’ for postlapsarian man.
    • This is art that interrogates the real, commenting on human enterprise in postlapsarian gardens where not only God can make a tree.

Origin

Mid 18th century: from post- 'occurring after'.

Definition of postlapsarian in US English:

postlapsarian

adjectiveˌpōstlapˈserēən
Theology literary
  • Occurring or existing after the Fall of Man.

    〔神学〕〈诗/文〉人类堕落后的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • That means an inferior and subordinate role, which has been ratified in the postlapsarian situation, particularly under the weight of the curse.
    • Consequently, God provided his creature, the human being, with the capacities to survive in a postlapsarian situation, under the conditions of pain and tears, of hardship and death.
    • They examine the creation of humanity: on the level of the prelapsarian situation, and on the level of postlapsarian conditions.
    • This is art that interrogates the real, commenting on human enterprise in postlapsarian gardens where not only God can make a tree.
    • Although the volume depicts a spiritual drought in the postlapsarian world that hinders its individuation, glimmers of the active imagination provide a vehicle for redemption.
    • God thus wills what Michael calls a ‘happy end’ for postlapsarian man.

Origin

Mid 18th century: from post- ‘occurring after’.

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