Predestination: alternatives and connections

That to which any person or thing is destined; predetermined state; condition foreordained by the Divine or by human will; fate; lot; doom.

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A fixed decree by which the order of things is prescribed; the immutable law of the universe; inevitable necessity; the force by which all existence…

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The act of choosing; choice; selection.

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To ordain or appoint beforehand; to preordain; to predestinate; to predetermine.

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To ordain or appoint beforehand; to preordain; to predestinate; to predetermine.

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To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate.

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To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate.

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Previous ordination or appointment; predetermination; predestination.

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The act of previous determination; a purpose formed beforehand; as, the predetermination of God's will.

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The act of foreordaining: previous determination.

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