Pre*des`ti*na"tion (?), n. [L.
praedestinatio: cf. F. prédestination.]
1. The act of predestinating.
Predestination had overruled their
will.
Milton.
2. (Theol.) The purpose of Good from
eternity respecting all events; especially, the preordination of men
to everlasting happiness or misery. See Calvinism.