Meaning & use
prelapsarian
Relating to a state of innocence or perfection before a significant fall or corrupting event, especially the biblical Fall of Man.
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The poem longs for a prelapsarian world untouched by sin or suffering.
She described her childhood summers as a prelapsarian time of pure, uncomplicated happiness.
A note on using this word
A literary and theological term, often used more broadly to describe any idealized period before a loss of innocence.
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postlapsarian
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