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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Predestinacioun(e, n. [ME (Rolle) and e.m.E. predestinacio(u)n, -ation, F. prédestination (12th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), late L. prædestination- (Augustine).] Divine predestination (of the elect to salvation or of the fate of all mankind). —a1450 Fifteen Ois 115.
Bot throu predestinacioun Off chois folk, throu thi passioun For tobe sauit 1490 Irland Mir. I 16/23.
Of the presciens devin and predestinacioun in gret profundite Ib. 70/25.
The syn of Adam was nocht the caus of his predestinacioune Ib. II 83/4, etc. c1520-c1535 Nisbet III 341/16 (see Predestinat ppl. adj. 3). Ib. 341/32.
