Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

infralapsarianism

/ˌɪnfɹəˌlæpˈsɛ(ə)ɹi.ənɪzəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
in-fralap-sar-i-an-ism
IPA
/ˌɪnfɹəˌlæpˈsɛ(ə)ɹi.ənɪzəm/
24
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A doctrine held by certain Calvinists holding that, while the fall of man was inevitable, the identities of the elect and the reprobate were not known until after the fall.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English infralapsarian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English infralapsarianism From infralapsarian + -ism.

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Questions

How do you pronounce infralapsarianism?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɪnfɹəˌlæpˈsɛ(ə)ɹi.ənɪzəm/.
What does infralapsarianism mean?
A doctrine held by certain Calvinists holding that, while the fall of man was inevitable, the identities of the elect and the reprobate were not known until after the fall.
Where does infralapsarianism come from?
Etymology tree English infralapsarian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English infralapsarianism From infralapsarian + -ism.

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