predestination

Pronunciation: /pɹi.dɛs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/

The English word “predestination” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

The doctrine that everything has been foreordained by God or by fate.
The doctrine that certain people have been elected for salvation, and sometimes also that others are destined for reprobation.
Destiny or fate.

Etymology

From Middle English predestinacion, from Old French predestination, from Late Latin praedēstinātiō. By surface analysis, predestine + -ation. Displaced native Old English foreteohhung.

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More English words

predestinarianism
predestinary
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predestinately
predestinational
predestinationism
predestinationist
predestinative

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