predestinator

American

[pri-des-tuh-nay-ter] / prɪˈdɛs təˌneɪ tər /

noun

a person or thing that predestinates something.
Archaic. a predestinarian.

Etymology

Origin of predestinator

First recorded in 1570–80; predestinate + -or ²

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predestinator

Wherefore nobody has been so insane as to say that merit is the cause of divine predestination as regards the act of the predestinator.

From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas

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