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predestination (c.1200)

predestination (c.1200)

predestinatiun  
  FEW:  praedestinare 9,288a Gdf: GdfC:  predestination 10,402a TL: predestinacïon 7,1705 DEAF:  predestiner (predestination)  DMF:  prédestination  TLF:  prédestination  OED:  predestination n.  MED:  predestinacioun n.  DMLBS:  praedestinatio 2394a

s.

theol.predestination, God’s preordaining of an individual’s fate after death
( c.1200; MS: s.xiiiin )  As petiz est dunee predestinatiun par gregeted de mort, as plus escreuz par travails  Eluc 58.31
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  par itant porron savoir Que Deu nos vot mostrer por voir Que sa predestination Aemplie est par oreison  Dial Greg SATF 2271
( s.xiv1; MS: s.xivm )  ceux [...] poent prier Nostre Seygnour q’il change sa sentence et q’il esparnie par misericorde ceux q’il poeyt dampner par dreit; et ceo peot il bien fere santz tort fere a sa predestination. Kar nule chose n’est ici predestiné qi ne pourra estre altrement si Dieux le vorra ordiner  Secr anon 9.64

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predestiner 
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predestination