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Definition of Destining
1. destine [v] - See also: destine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Destining
Literary usage of Destining
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... of His will destining them to eternal damnation is not antecedent to but
consequent upon foreknowledge of their sin and their death in the state of sin. ..."
2. The Works of President Edwards by Jonathan Edwards, David Brainerd (1830)
"The one is choosing persons to be God's, which is a foreknowing of them; and the
other, a destining them to be conformed to the image of his Son, ..."
3. The Works of President Edwards: With Valuable Additions and a Copious by Jonathan Edwards (1879)
"The one is choosing persons to be God's, which is a foreknowing of them ; and
the other, a destining them to be conformed to the image of his Son, ..."
4. Webster's High School Dictionary: A Dictionary of the English Language by Noah Webster (1892)
"A service of pastry, fruits, etc., after dinner. — Das'ti-na'tion (-tï-na'shun), n.
Act of destining or appointing ; predetermined end ; place or point ..."
5. Webster's Common School Dictionary: A Dictionary of the English Language by Noah Webster (1892)
"... destining.] To determine the future condition of ; to fix; to doom; to ordain;
... Д destining or appointing ; predetermined end ; point aimed at. ..."
6. The Works of President Edwards in Four Volumes: A Reprint of the Worcester by Jonathan Edwards (1858)
"The one is choosing persons to be God's, which is a foreknowing of them ; and
the other, a destining them to be conformed to the image of his Son, ..."
7. Ancient and modern by John Francis Erskine Goodeve Erskine (1875)
"This was speedily followed by Isabella making a charter (c) dated 9th Dec.
in the same year destining the Earldom of Mar to her own heirs. ..."
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