predestination
noun/pɹi.dɛs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
Etymology From Middle English predestinacion, from Old French predestination, from Late Latin praedēstinātiō. By surface analysis, predestine + -ation. Displaced native Old English foreteohhung.
2
Specifically The doctrine that certain people have been elected for salvation, and sometimes also that others are destined for reprobation.
3
Destiny or fate.
- Derived terms
- nonpredestination, predestinationism, predestinationist
- Related terms
- determinism, predestinational, Augustinian, irresistible grace