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pre·des·ti·na·tion
\(ˌ) ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈnāshən\ noun
Etymology: Middle English predestinacion, from Late Latin praedestination-, praedestinatio, from Latin praedestinatus (past participle of praedestinare to predestine) + -ion-, -io -ion
1. : the act of predestinating or the state of being predestinated : fate, foreordination, destiny
< the freshman comes with a kind of fatal predestination — Irwin Edman >
2. : the theological doctrine that all events throughout eternity have been foreordained by divine decree or purpose; especially : the foreordination by God of each individual's ultimate destiny particularly to eternal life
< Calvin's doctrine of predestination includes the decree of reprobation, which Lutheran confessions exclude >
— see election 1 d |