Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Predestination.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Predestination.
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- noun obsolete
Predestination .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Was this pilot's decision the result of luck, doctrine, guesswork, culture, logic or predestiny?
The Beginning of the End James D. Hornfischer 2011
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Note 281: Although ontologically removed from the quattrocento, genetic engineering represents a recent essay into the hidden workings of the universe, reframing fundamental questions of predestiny and free will. back
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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Right there, you've got all these questions about predestiny and free will and making the most of your numbered days.
Books 2010
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Right there, you've got all these questions about predestiny and free will and making the most of your numbered days.
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Right there, you've got all these questions about predestiny and free will and making the most of your numbered days.
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Right there, you've got all these questions about predestiny and free will and making the most of your numbered days.
May 2009 2009
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In talking about destiny, then, I am not talking about the trap of predestiny.
The Wonder of Children Michael Gurian 2002
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In talking about destiny, then, I am not talking about the trap of predestiny.
The Wonder of Children Michael Gurian 2002
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In listening to the various opinions, I found a kind of faith continuum, with a total commitment to predestiny and “the devil made me do it” on one end and chaos theory, where even randomness has an order, on the other.
I Used to Have a Handle on Life But It Broke Mary Loverde 2002
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In listening to the various opinions, I found a kind of faith continuum, with a total commitment to predestiny and “the devil made me do it” on one end and chaos theory, where even randomness has an order, on the other.
I Used to Have a Handle on Life But It Broke Mary Loverde 2002
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