| Word | prelapsarian |
|---|---|
| Definition | adj. Relating to the time before the Fall; innocent. |
| Sentence | Leavis was nostalgic for a prelapsarian Elizabethan age, when the masses enjoyed Shakespeare and Marlowe. |
| Source | The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, Jonathan Rose |
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