proleptic

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

prolepsis +‎ -ic

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /pɹoʊˈlɛptɪk/

Adjective [edit]

proleptic (comparative more proleptic, superlative most proleptic)

  1. Of a calendar, extrapolated to dates prior to its first adoption; of those used to adjust to or from the Julian calendar or Gregorian calendar.
  2. Describes an event as having been assigned too early a date.
  3. (rhetoric) Anticipating and answering objections before they have been raised; procataleptic.

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Quotations [edit]

  • 1989. W. Paul Jones. Theological Worlds Abingdon Press, Nashville, p. 151:
    In World Two, Jesus can be seen as the proleptic event, giving promise of God's vindication of creation in and through history.

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Translations [edit]

a calendar extrapolated to dates prior to its first adoption
having been assigned too early a date
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