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predestinarian
[ pri-des-tuh-nair-ee-uhn, pree-des- ]
noun
- a person who believes in predestination.
predestinarian
/ ˌpriːdɛstɪˈnɛərɪən /
noun
- a person who believes in divine predestination
adjective
- of or relating to predestination or characterizing those who believe in it
Derived Forms
- ˌpredestiˈnarianism, noun
Other Words From
- pre·desti·nari·an·ism noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of predestinarian1
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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