Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The doctrine that everything has been foreordained by God or by fate.

    Prädestination, Vorherbestimmung

    предопределе́ниеpredopredelénije, предназначе́ниеprednaznačénije

    напередвизначенняnaperedvyznačennja

    (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)

  2. (countable, specifically, uncountable)The doctrine that certain people have been elected for salvation, and sometimes also that others are destined for reprobation.

  3. (countable, uncountable)Destiny or fate.

    предназначениеprednaznačenije

    previous determination as if by destiny or fate

Examples

4 sentences
  1. He ended up believing in predestination.

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  2. They adhere to the idea of predestination.

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  3. Muslim believe in predestination.

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  4. Calvin put the eighth chapter of the Epistle to the Romans as the basis of his theory of predestination.

    ruВ основу своей теории о предопределении Кальвин положил восьмую главу послания к Римлянам.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
religious doctrine:
Русский
By meaning 2
religious doctrine:
destiny or fate:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
religious doctrine:

Origin

From Middle English predestinacion, from Old French predestination, from Late Latin praedē

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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Forms

plural: predestinations
Singularpredestination
Pluralpredestinations

regular

Synonyms

20 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (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):foreordinationpreordinationpredetermination

Word family

8 related words

See also

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