Definition of Predestinate. Meaning of Predestinate. Synonyms of Predestinate

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Definition of Predestinate

Predestinate
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
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 pre["e]lect. 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.

Meaning of Predestinate from wikipedia

- did predestinate [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them...
- despite predestination being a work that God does, God only decides to predestinate based on how human beings will respond. Augustine himself stated thus:...
- been created for one or other of these ends, we say that he has been predestinated to life or to death." Calvin believed that God's absolute decree was...
- say one thing: He wills all men to be saved, is so said that all the predestinated may be understood by it, because every kind of men is among them." Speaking...
- has everything under control. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn...
- subject, because they deem it "incongruous that ... some should be predestinated to salvation, and others to destruction". However, Calvin ****erted that...
- Translation of Works of Jules Lequyer: The Hornbeam Leaf, The Dialogue of the Predestinate and the Reprobate, Eugene and Theophilus (Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen...
- Scriptures are alone a trustworthy source of authority; the names of the predestinate are written in the book of life and cannot be erased by a priestly ban;...
- been created for one or other of these ends, we say that he has been predestinated to life or to death." Alexander & Johnson 2016, p. 204: "It should be...
- that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according...