predestination
See also: prédestination
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English predestinacion, from Old French predestination, from Late Latin praedēstinātiō. Displaced native Old English foreteohhung.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpredestination (countable and uncountable, plural predestinations)
- (theology) The doctrine that everything has been foreordained by God or by fate.
- (Calvinism, specifically) The doctrine that certain people have been elected for salvation, and sometimes also that others are destined for reprobation.
- Destiny or fate.
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editTranslations
editreligious doctrine
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destiny or fate
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Old French
editNoun
editpredestination oblique singular, f (oblique plural predestinations, nominative singular predestination, nominative plural predestinations)
- predestination (doctrine that everything has been foreordained by God)
Swedish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin praedestinatio.
Noun
editpredestination c
Declension
editDeclension of predestination | ||||
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Nominative | predestination | predestinationen | — | — |
Genitive | predestinations | predestinationens | — | — |
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