predestination, foreordination, preordination, predetermination
(noun) (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind)
predestination
(noun) previous determination as if by destiny or fate
Source: WordNet® 3.1
predestination (countable and uncountable, plural predestinations)
(theology) The doctrine that everything has been foreordained by a 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.
Source: Wiktionary
Pre*des`ti*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. praedestinatio: cf. F. prédestination.]
1. The act of predestinating. Predestination had overruled their will. Milton.
2. (Theol.)
Definition: The purpose of Good from eternity respecting all events; especially, the preordination of men to everlasting happiness or misery. See Calvinism.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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