NPPF: CANTO ONE (misc note)

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<<Line 79:  "A preterist, one who collects cold
nests."

preterist
\Pret"er*ist\, n. [Pref. preter- + -ist.] 1. One whose
chief interest is in thepast; 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.
preter-
\Pre"ter-\ [L. praeter past, beyond, originally a
compar. of prae 
before. See
For, prep.] A prefix signifying past, by, beyond, more
than; as, 
preter-
mission, a permitting to go by; preternatural, beyond
or more than is 
natural.
[Written also pr[ae]ter.]

Note the similar-sounding word “pederast,” which is
used later in the book:

Main Entry: ped·er·ast  
Pronunciation: 'pe-d&-"rast
Function: noun
Etymology: Greek paiderastEs, literally, lover of
boys, from paid- ped- 
+
erastEs lover, from erasthai to love -- more at EROS>>

Also, TP's use of the similar term "preterite," used
(as I recall) by him to describe the passed over, the
opposite of the elect in a Calvinist theology.


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