predestination
Meanings
Plural: predestinations
Noun
- previous determination as if by destiny or fate
- (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind)
- The doctrine that everything has been foreordained by God or by fate.
- The doctrine that certain people have been elected for salvation, and sometimes also that others are destined for reprobation.
- Destiny or fate.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English predestinacion, from Old French predestination, from Late Latin praedēstinātiō. Displaced native Old English foreteohhung.
Synonyms
chance, destin, destiny, doom, fatality, fate, foredoom, foreordination, fortune, kismet, lot, orlay, portion, predestination, predestiny, predetermination, preordination, qadar, weird, wyrd
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