Predestinarian
(Pre*des`ti*na"ri*an) a. Of or pertaining to predestination; as, the predestinarian controversy.
Waterland.
Predestinarian
(Pre*des`ti*na"ri*an), n. One who believes in or supports the doctrine of predestination.
Dr. H. More.
Predestinarianism
(Pre*des`ti*na"ri*an*ism) n. The system or doctrine of the predestinarians.
Predestinary
(Pre*des"ti*na*ry) a. Predestinarian. [Obs.] Heylin.
Predestinate
(Pre*des"ti*nate) a. [L. praedestinatus, p. p. of praedestinare to predestine; prae before
+ destinare to determine. See Destine.] Predestinated; foreordained; fated. "A predestinate scratched
face." Shak.
Predestinate
(Pre*des"ti*nate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predestinated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Predestinating.]
[Cf. Predestine.] To predetermine or foreordain; to appoint or ordain beforehand by an unchangeable
purpose or decree; to preëlect.
Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son.
Rom. viii.
29. Syn. — To predetermine; foreordain; preordain; decree; predestine; foredoom.
Predestination
(Pre*des`ti*na"tion) n. [L. praedestinatio: cf. F. prédestination.]
1. The act of predestinating.
Predestination had overruled their will.
Milton. 2. (Theol.) The purpose of Good from eternity respecting all events; especially, the preordination of
men to everlasting happiness or misery. See Calvinism.
Predestinative
(Pre*des"ti*na*tive) a. Determining beforehand; predestinating. [R.] Coleridge.
Predestinator
(Pre*des"ti*na`tor) n. [Cf. F. prédestinateur.]
1. One who predestinates, or foreordains.
2. One who holds to the doctrine of predestination; a predestinarian. Cowley.
Predestine
(Pre*des"tine) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predestined ; p. pr. & vb. n. Predestining.] [Cf. F.
prédestiner. See Predestinate.] To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate. Young.
Predestiny
(Pre*des"ti*ny) n. Predestination. [Obs.]
Predeterminable
(Pre`de*ter"mi*na*ble) a. Capable of being determined beforehand. Coleridge.
Predeterminate
(Pre`de*ter"mi*nate) a. Determined beforehand; as, the predeterminate counsel of God.
Predetermination
(Pre`de*ter`mi*na"tion) n. [Cf. F. prédétermination.] The act of previous determination; a
purpose formed beforehand; as, the predetermination of God's will. Hammond.
Predetermine
(Pre`de*ter"mine) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predetermined ; p. pr. & vb. n. Predermining.]
[Pref. pre- + determine: cf. F. prédéterminer.]
1. To determine (something) beforehand. Sir M. Hale.
