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Preterist

Preterist \Pret"er*ist\, n. [Pref. preter- + -ist.]

  1. One whose chief interest is in the past; one who regards the past with most pleasure or favor.

  2. (Theol.) One who believes the prophecies of the Apocalypse to have been already fulfilled.
    --Farrar.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
preterist

"one who favors the past," 1864 (as a theological term from 1843, "one who holds that the Apocalyptic prophecies have begun to be fulfilled"), from preter- + -ist.

Wiktionary
preterist

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

WordNet
preterist

n. a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (as in the Book of Revelations) have already been fulfilled