• (n.) One whose chief interest is in the past; one who regards the past with most pleasure or favor. • (n.) One who believes the prophecies of the Apocalypse to have been already fulfilled. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/preterist/
Pret'er·ist noun [ Prefix 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. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/157
noun a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (as in the Book of Revelations) have already been fulfilled Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974