predestination
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predestination
- /pɹi.dɛs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
From Middle English predestinacion, from Old French predestination, from Late Latin praedēstinātiō. By surface analysis, predestine + -ation. Displaced native Old English foreteohhung.
noun predestinations
- The doctrine that everything has been foreordained by God or by fate.
- The doctrine that certain people have been elected for salvation, and sometimes also that others are destined for reprobation.
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Destiny or fate.
Similar: doom, fortune, chance, destin, destiny, fatality, fate, foredoom, foreordination, kismet, lot, orlay
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noun religious doctrine
| Español | predestinación |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 예정 yejeong |
| 中文 | 宿命论 sùmìnglùn |
| Português | predestinação |
| Français | prédestination |
| Deutsch | Prädestination, Vorherbestimmung |
| Ελληνικά | προορισμός proorismós |
| Русский | предопределе́ние predopredelénije, предназначе́ние prednaznačénije |
| Tiếng Việt | tiền định |
noun destiny or fate
| 中文 | 前定 qiándìng |
|---|---|
| Русский | предназначение prednaznačenije |
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