predestination

(prē-dĕsˌtə-nāˈshən)

1. The act of predestining or the condition of being predestined.
2. Theology
   a. The doctrine that God has foreordained all things, especially that God has elected certain souls to eternal salvation.
   b. The divine decree foreordaining all souls to either salvation or damnation.
   c. The act of God foreordaining all things gone before and to come.
3. Destiny; fate.