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Webster 1913 Edition

Predestination

Pre-desˊti-na′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
praedestinatio
: cf. F.
prédestination
.]
1.
The act of predestinating.
Predestination
had overruled their will.
Milton.
2.
(Theol.)
The purpose of Good from eternity respecting all events; especially, the preordination of men to everlasting happiness or misery. See
Calvinism
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Predestination

PREDESTINA'TION

,
Noun.
The act of decreeing or foreordaining events; the decree of God by which he hath, from eternity, unchangeably appointed or determined whatever comes to pass. It is used particularly in theology to denote the preordination of men to everlasting happiness or misery.
Predestination is a part of the unchangeable plan of the divine government; or in other words, the unchangeable purpose of an unchangeable God.

Definition 2024

predestination

predestination

See also: prédestination

English

Noun

predestination ‎(countable and uncountable, plural predestinations)

  1. (theology) The doctrine that everything has been foreordained by a God or by fate.
  2. (Calvinism, specifically) The doctrine that certain people have been elected for salvation, and sometimes also that others are destined for reprobation.
  3. Destiny or fate.

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Translations

Old French

Noun

predestination f ‎(oblique plural predestinations, nominative singular predestination, nominative plural predestinations)

  1. predestination (doctrine that everything has been foreordained by a God, especially that certain people have been elected for salvation, with others destined for reprobation)

Etymology

Middle English, from Old French predestination, from Late Latin praedestinatio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɹi.dɛs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃen/
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən
  • Hyphenation: pre‧des‧ti‧na‧tion

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