predetermination

Noun	1.	predetermination - (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind) foreordination, preordination, predestination election - the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists) theology, divinity - the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth theological doctrine, religious doctrine - the doctrine of a religious group
	2.	predetermination - the act of determining or ordaining in advance what is to take place determination, finding - the act of determining the properties of something

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