English Explanatory Dictionary

predestination

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Pronunciation

/pɹi.dɛs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ en-us-predestination.ogg

Word forms

predestination predestinations

Etymology

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

Synonyms

doom fortune chance destin destiny fatality fate foredoom foreordination kismet lot orlay portion predestination predestiny preordination qadar weird wyrd

Related words

determinism predestinational Augustinian irresistible grace

Derived words

nonpredestination predestinationism predestinationist
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