proleptical

Definitions

1. Anticipating the usual time; applied to a periodical disease whose paroxysms return at an earlier hour at every repetition.
2. Previous; antecedent.
3. Of or pertaining to prolepsis; anticipative.

Examples

“Nor can the proleptical notions of Religion be so well defended by the protest⟳ Servants of the Altar”

“It must be always remembered that this was the object for which the Three Chapters which the Predestinarians have⟳ taken refuge in: they were written in fact as a proleptical refutation of such views.”

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