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What does preterition mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word preterition? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. The act of passing by, disregarding or omitting.
  2. A rhetorical device in which the speaker emphasizes something by omitting it.
  3. (law) The failure of a testator to name a legal heir in his will.
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New England settlers, true believers in election and preterition, helped found a country where free will is given vast rein.
That, dear readers, was as fine an example of preterition as you're likely to see on the Internet on a Wednesday morning.

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