Term: predestination: (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)
Candidate hypernym: theological doctrine: the doctrine of a religious group → 1
Candidate hypernym: linchpin: pin inserted through an axletree to hold a wheel on → 0
Candidate hypernym: dismissal: the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) → 0
Candidate hypernym: executant: a performer (usually of musical works) → 0
Candidate hypernym: shallu: sorghum having slender dry stalks and small hard grains; introduced into United States from India → 0
Candidate hypernym: arcuate vein of the kidney: veins that receive blood from interlobular veins of kidney and rectal venules → 0
Candidate hypernym: dementia: mental deterioration of organic or functional origin → 0
Candidate hypernym: dieffenbachia: evergreen perennial herbs of tropical America with lush foliage and poisonous sap; often cultivated as houseplants → 0
Candidate hypernym: insolence: an offensive disrespectful impudent act → 0
Candidate hypernym: nonstop flight: a flight made without intermediate stops between source and destination → 0
Candidate hypernym: telepathist: someone with the power of communicating thoughts directly → 0