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Predestined vs Foreordained - What's the difference?

predestined | foreordained |

As verbs the difference between predestined and foreordained

is that predestined is (predestine) while foreordained is (foreordain).

predestined

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Verb

(head)
  • (predestine)

    • predestine

    English

    Verb

    (predestin)
  • To determine the future or the fate of something in advance; to preordain.
  • (theology) To foreordain by divine will.

    • Related terms

    * destine * predestination * predestined

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    foreordained

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (foreordain)

    • foreordain

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To predestine or preordain.
  • *2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 308:
  • *:God has made the decision before all time, so some are foreordained to be saved through grace – a predestined group of the elect.