The term applied to a passage in the prophets or the gospels which has the form of a prediction but is in fact written in the knowledge of the event having occurred (e.g. probably Luke 21: 20).
Citation for vaticinium ex eventu
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MLA
"vaticinium ex eventu." In A Dictionary of the Bible. Ed. W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online. Mar 7, 2014. <http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e1988>.
Chicago
"vaticinium ex eventu." In A Dictionary of the Bible. , edited by W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online, http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e1988 (accessed Mar 7, 2014).