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Definition of predestinate in English: predestinateverb priːˈdɛstɪneɪtpriˈdɛstəˌneɪt [with object]Predestine. Example sentencesExamples - Other verses emphasise the same truth - the God who chooses us predestinates us.
- But this passage has to do with a people chosen from before the overthrow, blest with all spiritual blessings in the heavenly places, having received the adoption, predestinated according to God's purpose, etc., etc.
- Because the great predestinating purpose of God is to conform us to the likeness of His Son.
- Though it is never said that the non-elect are predestinated to damnation, Augustine was inclined to distinguish his view from Manichee dualism by stressing freedom in God, not freedom in man.
Synonyms preordained, ordained, foreordained, destined, predetermined, fated
adjective priːˈdɛstɪnətˌpriˈdɛstənət Predestined. Example sentencesExamples - It seems that Ed and I just don't fit into the predestinated mold that the government and the general society would like us to.
- For whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn.
- By stars and red checks, smiles and frowns, prizes, honors, and disgraces, I teach kids to surrender their will to the predestinated chain of command.
- But if we are among the elect, surely we shall rise from sin to fulfil God's predetermined purpose. ‘The whole Christ’ is predestinate.
Origin Late Middle English: from ecclesiastical Latin praedestinat- 'made firm beforehand', from the verb praedestinare, from prae 'in advance' + destinare 'establish'. Definition of predestinate in US English: predestinateverbpriˈdɛstəˌneɪtprēˈdestəˌnāt [with object]Predestine. Example sentencesExamples - Though it is never said that the non-elect are predestinated to damnation, Augustine was inclined to distinguish his view from Manichee dualism by stressing freedom in God, not freedom in man.
- Because the great predestinating purpose of God is to conform us to the likeness of His Son.
- But this passage has to do with a people chosen from before the overthrow, blest with all spiritual blessings in the heavenly places, having received the adoption, predestinated according to God's purpose, etc., etc.
- Other verses emphasise the same truth - the God who chooses us predestinates us.
Synonyms preordained, ordained, foreordained, destined, predetermined, fated
adjectiveˌpriˈdɛstənətˌprēˈdestənət Predestined. Example sentencesExamples - It seems that Ed and I just don't fit into the predestinated mold that the government and the general society would like us to.
- But if we are among the elect, surely we shall rise from sin to fulfil God's predetermined purpose. ‘The whole Christ’ is predestinate.
- By stars and red checks, smiles and frowns, prizes, honors, and disgraces, I teach kids to surrender their will to the predestinated chain of command.
- For whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn.
Origin Late Middle English: from ecclesiastical Latin praedestinat- ‘made firm beforehand’, from the verb praedestinare, from prae ‘in advance’ + destinare ‘establish’. |