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Predestination
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What's The Definition Of Predestination?
[n] (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind)
[n] previous determination as if by destiny or fate Synonyms | Synonyms for Predestination: foreordination | predetermination | preordination Related Terms | Find terms related to Predestination: absolute certainty | absoluteness | assurance | assuredness | certain knowledge | certainness | certainty | certitude | dead certainty | decree | definiteness | destiny | determinacy | determinateness | doom | fate | foredestiny | foregone conclusion | foreknowledge | foreordination | fortune | future | ineluctability | inerrability | inerrancy | inevitability | infallibilism | infallibility | karma | kismet | lot | necessity | nonambiguity | noncontingency | positiveness | predetermination | preordination | prescience | probatum | proved fact | sureness | surety | truth | unambiguity | unequivocalness | univocity | unmistakableness See Also | destiny | fate | theological doctrine Predestination In Webster's Dictionary \Pre*des`ti*na"tion\, n. [L. praedestinatio: cf.
F. pr['e]destination.]
1. The act of predestinating.
Predestination had overruled their will. --Milton.
2. (Theol.) The purpose of Good from eternity respecting all
events; especially, the preordination of men to
everlasting happiness or misery. See {Calvinism}.
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