predestination
See also: prédestination
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Middle English predestinacion, from Old French predestination, from Late Latin praedēstinātiō. Displaced native Old English foreteohhung.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]predestination (countable and uncountable, plural predestinations)
- (theology) The doctrine that everything has been foreordained by God or by fate.
- (Calvinism, specifically) The doctrine that certain people have been elected for salvation, and sometimes also that others are destined for reprobation.
- Destiny or fate.
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[edit]religious doctrine
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destiny or fate
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Old French
[edit]Noun
[edit]predestination oblique singular, f (oblique plural predestinations, nominative singular predestination, nominative plural predestinations)
- predestination (doctrine that everything has been foreordained by God)
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin praedestinatio.
Noun
[edit]predestination c
Declension
[edit]Declension of predestination
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | predestination | predestinations |
| definite | predestinationen | predestinationens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — | |
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