a denomination given to the inhabitants of the earth, conceived, by some people, to have lived before Adam.

Isaac de la Percyra, in 1655, published a book to evince the reality of Prodamites, by which he gained a considerable number of proselytes to the opinion; but the answer of Desmarats, professor of theology at Groningen, published the year following, put a stop to its progress, though Percyra made a reply.