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.
[ ME f. eccl.L praedestinatio (as PREDESTINATE) ]
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.
[ ME f. eccl.L praedestinatio (as PREDESTINATE) ]
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012