Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - predestination
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n. Theol. (as a belief or doctrine) the divine foreordaining of all that will happen, esp. with regard to the salvation of some and not others. Etymology: ME f. eccl.L praedestinatio (as PREDESTINATE) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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If you believe in predestination, you believe that people have no control over events because everything has already been decided by a power such as God or fate. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n the belief that God has decided everything that will happen and that people cannot change this ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1340, from L.L. prжdestinationem "a determining beforehand," from prжdestinare "appoint or determine beforehand," from L. prж- "before" + destinare "appoint, determine" (see destiny). First used in theological sense by Augustine, popularized by Calvin: "The action of God in foreordaining certain of mankind through grace to salvation or eternal life." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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