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Predestination

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Noun

1. predestination

previous determination as if by destiny or fate

2. foreordination, predestination, predetermination, preordination

(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)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Predestination

see synonyms of predestination
noun
1. theology
a. 
the act of God foreordaining every event from eternity
b. 
the doctrine or belief, esp associated with Calvin, that the final salvation of some of mankind is foreordained from eternity by God
2. 
the act of predestining or the state of being predestined

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Predestination

see synonyms of predestination
noun
1.  Theology
the doctrine that
a. 
God foreordained everything that would happen
b. 
God predestines certain souls to salvation and, esp. in Calvinism, others to damnation
2. 
a predestinating or being predestinated; destiny; fate

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Predestination

see synonyms of predestination
n.
1. The act of predestining or the condition of being predestined.
2. Theology
a. The doctrine that God has foreordained all things, especially that God has elected certain souls to eternal salvation.
b. The divine decree foreordaining all souls to either salvation or damnation.
c. The act of God foreordaining all things gone before and to come.
3. Destiny; fate.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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