foreordination

  • 41predestination — [n] destiny course of events, divine decree, fate, foreordination, fortune, God’s will, inevitability, karma, kismet*, ordinance, portion, predetermination, way the ball bounces*, way the cookie crumbles*, what is written*; concept 679 …

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  • 42predestination — Destiny. In theology, foreordination of events by God. See absolute predestination; limited predestination …

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  • 43foreordain — [fôr΄ôr dān′] vt. to ordain beforehand; predestine foreordination [fôr΄ôrd΄ n ā′shən] n …

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  • 44foreordain — v.tr. predestinate; ordain beforehand. Derivatives: foreordination n …

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  • 45theological doctrine — noun the doctrine of a religious group • Hypernyms: ↑doctrine, ↑philosophy, ↑philosophical system, ↑school of thought, ↑ism • Hyponyms: ↑theanthropism, ↑predestination, ↑ …

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  • 46foreordinate — /fawr awr dn ayt , fohr /, v.t., foreordinated, foreordinating. foreordain. [1855 60; back formation from FOREORDINATION] …

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  • 47THANKSGIVING PSALMS — THANKSGIVING PSALMS, common designation for one of the dead sea scrolls . It was bought in Jerusalem in 1947 by eleazar lipa sukenik who, from the contents, designated the scroll Hodayot (Heb. הוֹדָיוֹת). Scientifically its registration is 1QH… …

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