| 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 |
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| Category | theology, divinity | The rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth |
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| Narrower | election | The predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists) |
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| Broader | theological doctrine | The doctrine of a religious group |
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| Spanish | predestinación, predeterminación |
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| Catalan | predestinació, predeterminació |
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| Adjectives | predestinarian | of or relating to predestination |
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| Nouns | predestinationist | anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny |
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| Verbs | predestine | foreordain by divine will or decree |
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