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Predestination

Definition & Meaning

Pronunciation /pɹi.dɛs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Predestination is a noun meaning (theology) The doctrine that everything has been foreordained by God or by fate.

Meaning

(theology) The doctrine that everything has been foreordained by God or by fate.

More Meanings

  1. Destiny or fate.
  2. (Calvinism, specifically) The doctrine that certain people have been elected for salvation, and sometimes also that others are destined for reprobation.

Word Forms

Synonyms for predestination

Depending on context, synonyms include doom, fortune, chance, destin, destiny, fatality.

doomfortunechancedestindestinyfatalityfateforedoomforeordinationkismetlotorlayportionpredestinypreordinationqadarweirdwyrdpredetermination

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include foreordination, preordination, predetermination, predestinationism, predestiny, predestinationist.

foreordinationpreordinationpredeterminationpredestinationismpredestinypredestinationistprovidentialismpredestinarianpreordainmentpredestinatorforeordainmentforebeliefpredestinarianismpredeterminismforedeterminationpreteritionforeordainerforeappointmentsupralapsarianism

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