Predestination Definition

prē-dĕstə-nāshən
noun
The doctrine that.
Webster's New World
The act of predestining or the condition of being predestined.
American Heritage
The doctrine that God has foreordained all things, especially that God has elected certain souls to eternal salvation.
American Heritage
The divine decree foreordaining all souls to either salvation or damnation.
American Heritage
A predestinating or being predestinated; destiny; fate.
Webster's New World

Origin of Predestination

  • Middle English, from Old French predestination, from Late Latin praedestinatio.

    From Wiktionary

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