<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>An act of predestinating or predestining</li><li>The state of being predestinated or predestined</li><li>Fate; destiny</li><li>(Theology) The action of God in foreordaining from eternity whatever comes to pass</li><li>The decree of God by which certain souls are foreordained to salvation</li><li>Compare election, double predestination</li></ul>