predestinarian

[pri-des-tuh-nair-ee-uhn, pree-des-]

adjective

1. of or relating to predestination.

2. believing in predestination.

noun

1. a person who believes in predestination.

predestinarian

/ ˌpriːdɛstɪˈnɛərɪən /

noun

1. a person who believes in divine predestination

adjective

1. of or relating to predestination or characterizing those who believe in it

Other Word Forms

• predestinarianism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of predestinarian¹

First recorded in 1630–40; predestin(ation) + -arian

Example Sentences

To be a good traveler, he philosophizes, one should “put yourself, as a predestinarian might say, calmly into the dice-box of small events, and be shaken out whenever circumstance may ordain.”

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He even banished from the creed the word “Filioque,” and his predestinarian views deprived the Church of all the treasures of salvation.

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A little attention to the history of the controversy between predestinarians and their opposers, will show the truth and force of this objection.

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A similar predestinarian exaggeration is seen in the Hard-shell Baptists, who denounce all home and foreign missions as running counter to the Divine sovereignty.

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I am not a predestinarian, Brother Elisha, but I know that certain causes must produce certain effects, as surely as given figures produce known results.

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