predestination

[pri:.desti'neiʃən]

n.预定, 命运, 造化

词形变化

动词过去式: predestinated | 动词过去分词: predestinated | 动词现在分词: predestinating | 动词第三人称单数: predestinates |

英英释义

名词 predestination:

previous determination as if by destiny or fate

(theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind)

同义词：foreordination, preordination, predetermination

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