terminist

noun

ter·​mi·​nist

-nə̇st

plural -s

1

: one who maintains that God has fixed a certain term for the probation of individual persons during which period and no longer they have the offer of grace

2

: ockhamist

terministic

¦⸗⸗¦nistik

adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin terminista, from Medieval Latin terminus term, period + Latin -ista -ist

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