predestination, foreordination, preordination, predetermination -- ((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))
predetermination -- (a mental determination or resolve in advance; an antecedent intention to do something; "he entered the argument with a predetermination to prove me wrong")
predetermination -- (the act of determining or ordaining in advance what is to take place)
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