predestination
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See also: prédestination
English
Etymology
From Middle English predestinacion, from Old French predestination, from Late Latin praedēstinātiō. Displaced native Old English foreteohhung.
Pronunciation
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.
- Synonyms: doom, fortune; see also Thesaurus:fate
Related terms
Translations
religious doctrine
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destiny or fate
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See also
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
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | predestination | predestinations |
| definite | predestinationen | predestinationens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |