predestination
noun/ˌpriːdestɪˈneɪʃn/
/ˌpriːdestɪˈneɪʃn/
[uncountable]- the theory or the belief that everything that happens has been decided or planned in advance by God or by fate and that humans cannot change itTopics Religion and festivalsc2Word OriginMiddle English: from ecclesiastical Latin praedestinatio(n-), from praedestinare ‘make firm beforehand’, from prae ‘in advance’ + destinare ‘establish’.
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