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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.