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English
Etymology
From Middle English predestinacion, from Old French predestination, from Late Latin praedēstinātiō. Displaced native Old English foreteohhung.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɹi.dɛs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
- Hyphenation: pre‧des‧ti‧na‧tion
Noun
predestination (countable and uncountable, plural predestinations)
- (theology) The doctrine that everything has been foreordained by God or by fate.
- (Calvinism, specifically) The doctrine that certain people have been elected for salvation, and sometimes also that others are destined for reprobation.
- Destiny or fate.
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Old French
Noun
predestination oblique singular, f (oblique plural predestinations, nominative singular predestination, nominative plural predestinations)
- predestination (doctrine that everything has been foreordained by God)
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praedestinatio.
Noun
predestination c
- predestination
Declension
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