Theol. rare. [f. SUB- 17 + L. mortuus dead (for mors, mort- death) + -arian; cf. SUBLAPSARIAN.] One who holds that a man’s election to salvation or reprobation does not take place till after his death.
1700. C. Nesse, Antid. Armin. (1827), 70. The Arminians … may be called submortuarians for their holding no full election till men die.
