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noun(theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind)
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"he entered the argument with a predetermination to prove me wrong"nouna mental determination or resolve in advance; an antecedent intention to do somethingtype of:
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nounthe act of determining or ordaining in advance what is to take placetype of:
Definition that contains predetermination
- particular baptist group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the French theologian John Calvin who believed in strict predetermination
- calvinistic baptist group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the French theologian John Calvin who believed in strict predetermination