predestination

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (countable, uncountable) The doctrine that everything has been foreordained by God or by fate.
  2. (countable, specifically, uncountable) The doctrine that certain people have been elected for salvation, and sometimes also that others are destined for reprobation.
  3. (countable, uncountable) Destiny or fate.

Vertalings

predestinació

μοίρα

praedestinatio

predeterminació

Prädestinationslehre

προορισμός

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/pɹi.dɛs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle English predestinacion, from Old French predestination, from Late Latin praedēstinātiō. By surface analysis, predestine + -ation. Displaced native Old English foreteohhung.

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