pre|des|ti|na|tion

pre|des|ti|na|tion
pre|des|ti|na|tion «PREE dehs tuh NAY shuhn», noun.
1. the act or fact of ordaining beforehand; destiny; fate: »

a kind of moral predestination, or overruling principle which cannot be resisted (Samuel Johnson).

2. the action of God in deciding beforehand what shall happen.
3. the doctrine that by God's decree certain souls will be saved and others lost: »

... one of the most disastrous of human ideas, the doctrine of predestination! (New Yorker).


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  • pre´des|ig|na´tion — pre|des|ig|nate «pree DEHZ ihg nayt», transitive verb, nat|ed, nat|ing. 1. to designate beforehand; specify in advance. 2. Logic. to designate the range of (the predicate) by annexing to the subject a quantitative particle such as “one,” “alone,” …   Useful english dictionary

  • pre·des·ti·na·tion — /ˌpriːˌdɛstəˈneıʃən/ noun [noncount] : the belief that everything that will happen has already been decided by God or fate and cannot be changed …   Useful english dictionary

  • pre|des|ig|nate — «pree DEHZ ihg nayt», transitive verb, nat|ed, nat|ing. 1. to designate beforehand; specify in advance. 2. Logic. to designate the range of (the predicate) by annexing to the subject a quantitative particle such as “one,” “alone,” or “nothing but …   Useful english dictionary

  • pre — pre·abdomen; pre·acanthella; pre·adamitism; pre·adapt; pre·adaptation; pre·adaptive; pre·admission; pre·adolescence; pre·adult; pre·agonal; pre·am·bu·lar; pre·am·bu·late; pre·amp; pre·amplifier; pre·animism; pre·apprehension; pre·arrange;… …   English syllables

  • des — des·ca·mi·sa·do; des·cant·er; des·cant·ist; des·cartes s; des·cart·ian; des·ce·met s; des·champ·sia; des·cha·pelles; des·cloi·zite; des·cort; des·cri·able; des·cri·al; des·cri·er; des·cu·rain·ia; des·e·crat·er; des·e·cra·tion; des·er·et;… …   English syllables

  • tion — ab·bre·vi·a·tion; ab·di·ca·tion; ab·duc·tion; ab·er·ra·tion; ab·er·ra·tion·al; ab·jec·tion; ab·junc·tion; ab·ju·ra·tion; ab·lac·ta·tion; ab·la·tion; ab·lu·tion; ab·mi·gra·tion; ab·ne·ga·tion; ab·o·li·tion; ab·o·li·tion·ary; ab·o·li·tion·dom;… …   English syllables

  • -tion — ⇒ TION, SION, suff. Suff. issu du lat. tionem, entrant dans la constr. de nombreux subst. fém. qui expriment une action ou le résultat de cette action. Rem. D apr. DUB. Dér. 1962, p. 31, la forme fondamentale du suff. est tion avec les var. sion …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • predestination — pre·des·ti·na·tion …   English syllables

  • predestinational — pre·des·ti·na·tion·al …   English syllables

  • predestination — pre|des|ti|na|tion [prıˌdestıˈneıʃən, ˌpri:des ] n [U] the belief that God has decided everything that will happen and that people cannot change this …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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