the act of determining or ordaining in advance what is to take place | the quality of being divine |
a mental determination or resolve in advance; an antecedent intention to do something | the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth |
(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) | white creamy fudge made with egg whites |
| any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force |