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prelapsarian

pre·lap·sar·i·an [ pr lap sérree ən ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
before fall from grace: relating to or belonging to the biblical time before Adam and Eve lost their innocence in the Garden of Eden

[Late 19th century. <pre- + Latin lapsus "sin, fall"]
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