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predestination
[ pri-des-tuh-ney-shuhn, pree-des- ]
noun
- an act of predestinating or predestining.
- the state of being predestinated or predestined.
- fate; destiny.
- Theology.
- the action of God in foreordaining from eternity whatever comes to pass.
- the decree of God by which certain souls are foreordained to salvation. Compare election ( def 5 ), double predestination.
predestination
/ priːˌdɛstɪˈneɪʃən /
noun
- theol
- the act of God foreordaining every event from eternity
- the doctrine or belief, esp associated with Calvin, that the final salvation of some of mankind is foreordained from eternity by God
- the act of predestining or the state of being predestined
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Word History and Origins
Origin of predestination1
1300–50; Middle English predestinacioun < Late Latin praedestinātiōn- (stem of praedestinātiō ). See predestinate, -ion
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Example Sentences
Such are the ideas which the dogma of gratuitous predestination gives of Divinity!
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Again: Bolsee was brought to trial for "having other ideas than those of Calvin on predestination."
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Why, don't you know, you little goose, that these are signs of your predestination?
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I do not pretend to determine the controverted point of predestination, the foreknowledge and decrees of Providence.
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His opinion of the professors of physic was rather singular, and seemed to border upon predestination.
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