WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
dou′ble predestina′tion, [Theol.]
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025- Religionthe doctrine that God has foreordained both those who will be saved and those who will be damned.
pre•des•ti•na•tion /prɪˌdɛstəˈneɪʃən, ˌpridɛs-/USA pronunciation
n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Religionthe belief that God has already decided whatever comes to pass, esp. salvation or damnation, and that humans can do nothing to change these results.
pre•des•ti•na•tion
(pri des′tə nā′shən, prē′des-),USA pronunciation n.
- an act of predestinating or predestining.
- the state of being predestinated or predestined.
- fate;
destiny. - Religion[Theol.]
- the action of God in foreordaining from eternity whatever comes to pass.
- the decree of God by which certain souls are foreordained to salvation. Cf. election (def. 4), double predestination.
- Late Latin praedestinātiōn- (stem of praedestinātiō). See predestinate, -ion
- Middle English predestinacioun 1300–50
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