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predestinarian

[ pri-des-tuh-nair-ee-uhn, pree-des- ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to predestination.
  2. believing in predestination.


noun

  1. a person who believes in predestination.

predestinarian

/ ˌpriːdɛstɪˈnɛərɪən /

noun

  1. a person who believes in divine predestination
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of or relating to predestination or characterizing those who believe in it
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌpredestiˈnarianism, noun
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Other Words From

  • pre·desti·nari·an·ism noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of predestinarian1

First recorded in 1630–40; predestin(ation) + -arian
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Example Sentences

To be a good traveler, he philosophizes, one should “put yourself, as a predestinarian might say, calmly into the dice-box of small events, and be shaken out whenever circumstance may ordain.”

He even banished from the creed the word “Filioque,” and his predestinarian views deprived the Church of all the treasures of salvation.

A little attention to the history of the controversy between predestinarians and their opposers, will show the truth and force of this objection.

A similar predestinarian exaggeration is seen in the Hard-shell Baptists, who denounce all home and foreign missions as running counter to the Divine sovereignty.

I am not a predestinarian, Brother Elisha, but I know that certain causes must produce certain effects, as surely as given figures produce known results.

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