| n. | 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. |
| Noun | 1. | preterist - a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (as in the Book of Revelations) have already been fulfilled |