Synonyms for predestination
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pri-des-tuh-ney-shuh n, pree-des- |
| Phonetic Transcription : prɪˌdɛs təˈneɪ ʃən, ˌpri dɛs- |
Top 10 synonyms for predestination
Définition of predestination
Origin :- mid-14c., "the action of God in foreordaining certain of mankind through grace to salvation or eternal life," from Old French predestinacion and directly from Church Latin praedestinationem (nominative praedestinatio) "a determining beforehand," noun of action from past participle stem of praedestinare "set before as a goal; appoint or determine beforehand," from Latin prae- "before" (see pre-) + destinare "appoint, determine" (see destiny). First used in theological sense by Augustine; given prominence by Calvin.
- noun destiny
- But the freedom is not incompatible with the predestination, nor the predestination with the freedom.
- Extract from : « Mind and Motion and Monism » by George John Romanes
- Why, don't you know, you little goose, that these are signs of your predestination?
- Extract from : « My New Curate » by P.A. Sheehan
- No subject has been more warmly discussed in Islm than that of predestination.
- Extract from : « The Faith of Islam » by Edward Sell
- The tenet of predestination was the keystone of his religion.
- Extract from : « The History of England from the Accession of James II. » by Thomas Babington Macaulay
- We set there as solemn as if parson was preachin' to us on 'lection and predestination.
- Extract from : « Aunt Jane of Kentucky » by Eliza Calvert Hall
- His work on Predestination was published this year at Geneva.
- Extract from : « The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) » by John Knox
- M. de Montaigne, have you ever studied the doctrine of predestination?
- Extract from : « Imaginary Conversations and Poems » by Walter Savage Landor
- The practical part of Chinese religion may, in fact, be said to consist in predestination.
- Extract from : « Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton » by John Barrow
- But the firm belief of the "tiger-slayer" in predestination, makes him blind to all danger.
- Extract from : « Heads and Tales » by Various
- But what I say of heaven and predestination may offend thee, a Christian.
- Extract from : « Quo Vadis » by Henryk Sienkiewicz
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