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Vinony

predestination

noun

  1. Theological doctrine
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /pɹi.dɛs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/

noun

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

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