predestination.
The doctrine that everything has been foreordained by God or by fate.
Meaning & usage
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.
Destiny or fate.
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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