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predestination.

The doctrine that everything has been foreordained by God or by fate.

14 characters5 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/pɹi.dɛs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
  1. The doctrine that everything has been foreordained by God or by fate.

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

    countable · specifically · uncountable
  3. Destiny or fate.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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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