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predestination definition

pre·des·ti·na·tion (prē des′tə nā′s̸hən)

noun

  1. Theol. the doctrine that
    1. God foreordained everything that would happen
    2. God predestines certain souls to salvation and, esp. in Calvinism, others to damnation
  2. a predestinating or being predestinated; destiny; fate

Etymology: ME predestinacioun < LL(Ec) praedestinatio

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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