| NOUN | event | predestination | previous determination as if by destiny or fate |
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| cognition | predestination, foreordination, preordination, predetermination | (theology) being determined in advance |
| Sounds | priy.deh.stahney'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | previous determination as if by destiny or fate. | |
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| Broader | destiny, fate | An event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen / happen in the future |
| Spanish | predestinación | |
| Nouns | predestinationist | anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny |
| Verbs | predestine | foreordain or determine beforehand |
| predestine | decree / decree or determine beforehand | |
| Meaning | (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind). | |
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| Synonyms | foreordination, preordination, predetermination | |
| Category | theology, divinity | The rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth |
| Narrower | election | The predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists) |
| Broader | theological doctrine | The doctrine of a religious group |
| Spanish | predestinación, predeterminación | |
| Catalan | predestinació, predeterminació | |
| Adjectives | predestinarian | of or relating to predestination |
| Nouns | predestinationist | anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny |
| Verbs | predestine | foreordain by divine will or decree |
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