preterist

From preter- +‎ -ist.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɛtəɹɪst/

preterist (plural preterists)

1. One whose chief interest is in the past.
2. (theology) An adherent of preterism; one who believes that the Biblical prophecies of the Apocalypse refer to historical events which have already taken place.

• “preterist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• preterits