What is another word for Predestinating?

Pronunciation: [pɹɪdˈɛstɪnˌe͡ɪtɪŋ] (IPA)

Predestinating is an old English term that refers to the idea that one's destiny or fate is predetermined by a higher power. While it is still occasionally used in religious contexts, the term is becoming increasingly antiquated and is often considered outdated or obsolete. Alternatives to predestinating include words like predetermining, predating, foreordaining, and prophesying. These terms all convey a similar sense of inevitability or fate, but may be more appropriate for modern audiences. In general, it is important to use language that is clear, concise, and relevant to the audience when discussing complex or abstract concepts like destiny or fate.

What are the hypernyms for Predestinating?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    predete.

Usage examples for Predestinating

But his excellency the British ambassador is in no hurry; he would go on tacking in his little yawl to all eternity of nautical time, with vast satisfaction, rather than be bored and worried and harrowed by the Predestinating servants of Allah, at the palace of his majesty the commander of the faithful.
"Paul Patoff"
F. Marion Crawford
The pride of the Moslem has also thus been content to leave matters in the hands of a Predestinating deity.
"Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846"
James Richardson
When the flames consumed Servetus at Geneva, the controversy began, whether the civil magistrate might punish heretics, which Beza, the associate of Calvin, maintained; he triumphed in the small Predestinating city of Geneva; but the book he wrote was fatal to the protestants a few leagues distant, among a majority of catholics.
"Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3)"
Isaac Disraeli

Related words: predestination, pre-destination, predestine, predestinate, predetermine, foreordain

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