predestination
Signification (Anglais)
- (countable, uncountable) The doctrine that everything has been foreordained by God or by fate.
- (countable, specifically, uncountable) The doctrine that certain people have been elected for salvation, and sometimes also that others are destined for reprobation.
- (countable, uncountable) Destiny or fate.
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Prononcé comme (IPA)
/pɹi.dɛs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
Étymologie (Anglais)
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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