different between predestination vs predestinarian

English

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Old French predestination, from Late Latin praedestinatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?i.d?s.t??ne?.?en/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: pre?des?ti?na?tion

Noun

predestination (countable and uncountable, plural predestinations)

1. (theology) The doctrine that everything has been foreordained by God or by fate.
2. (Calvinism, specifically) The doctrine that certain people have been elected for salvation, and sometimes also that others are destined for reprobation.
3. Destiny or fate.

Related terms

• determinism
• predestinational

Translations

Old French

Noun

predestination f (oblique plural predestinations, nominative singular predestination, nominative plural predestinations)

1. predestination (doctrine that everything has been foreordained by a God, especially that certain people have been elected for salvation, with others destined for reprobation)

Swedish

Noun

predestination c

1. predestination

English

Etymology

From predestine +? -arian.

Adjective

predestinarian (not comparable)

1. (chiefly theology) Of or relating to predestination. [from 17th c.]

Noun

predestinarian (plural predestinarians)

1. One who believes in predestination. [from 17th c.]

Derived terms

• predestinarianism

See also

• Predestination on Wikipedia.Wikipedia