predestinarian
/pɹiːˌdɛs.tɪˈnɛəɹi.ən/
predestinarian means of or relating to predestination. It carries an Arena rating of 1335, earned across 24 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, predestinarian ranks #344 of 17,128 for Most Ponderous Words, #1,514 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words, #3,643 of 17,126 for Most Satisfying to Say, #3,853 of 17,134 for Most Malleable Words.
predestinarian is pronounced /pɹiːˌdɛs.tɪˈnɛəɹi.ən/.
Why “predestinarian” is a great word
PREDESTINARIAN — [Adjective, Noun] Of or relating to the doctrine of predestination; one who believes in it. Formed within English from the verb 'predestine' and the suffix '-arian' (denoting a person who advocates or believes in a particular thing). First recorded use in the 1630–40 period. Unlike an Arminian, who posits a cooperative role for human will within grace, or a fatalist, who adheres to a blind and impersonal cosmic order, the predestinarian confronts a specific, sovereign architecture of divine decree. It is the chill of an unalterable ledger written before time, the quietude of a soul that has ceased striving against a verdict already rendered, and the profound solitude of believing oneself an irrevocable vessel of wrath or of mercy—a theology felt as the final, cooling ember of one's own agency, in a story whose final page was sealed before the first word was spoken.
Etymology
From predestine + -arian.
adj
- Of or relating to predestination.e.g.“But it is wrong to stress only the predestinarian aspect of protestantism […].” — 1972, Christopher Hill, The World Turned Upside Down, Folio Society, published 2016, page 123:
noun
- One who believes in predestination.
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