preparationist
/ˌprɛpəˈreɪʃ(ə)nɪst/noun
1A person who favours military preparedness. Now chiefly historical.
2Chiefly North American History. A Puritan who believed that individuals could and should actively prepare themselves for salvation by means of a period of humbling submission to God's law.
adjective
Of or relating to preparationists or their beliefs.
Origin
Early 20th century. From preparation + -ist.
- for nothing
- for now
- for old times' sake
- for once (or this once)
- for one
- for one's liking
- for one's pains
- for one's sins
- for one thing
- for openers
- for (or fo') shizzle
- for (or in) a coon's age
- for (or in) a good cause
- for (or on) hire
- for pity's sake
- for-profit
- forrader
- forrard
- for real
- for rent
- Forrest, John
- Forrest, Nathan Bedford
- forsake
- forsaken
- forsakenness