predetermination

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

PREDETERMINA'TION, noun [See Predetermine.] 1. Previous determination; purpose formed beforehand; as the predetermination of God's will. 2. Premotion; that concurrence of God which determines men in their actions.
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