Preterist

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Preterist \Pret"er*ist\, n. [Pref. preter- + -ist.]
     1. One whose chief interest is in the past; one who regards
        the past with most pleasure or favor.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Theol.) One who believes the prophecies of the Apocalypse


        to have been already fulfilled. --Farrar.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  preterist
       n : a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of
           the Apocalypse (as in the Book of Revelations) have
           already been fulfilled