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)
destiny -
the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman); "we are helpless in the face of destiny"
supernatural,
occult supernatural forces and events and beings collectively; "She doesn't believe in the supernatural"
destiny -
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"
destiny -
The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; fate; an irresistible power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in general or of an individual.
Wikipedia
Destiny is a predetermined course of events. It may be conceived as a predetermined future, whether in general or of an individual. It is a concept based on the belief that there is a fixed natural order to the cosmos.
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destiny The power or agency that, according to certain belief systems, predetermines and orders unalterably the course of events.
destiny Event that unavoidably happens to a person, country, institution, etc.
destiny An outcome, condition or event that is predetermined by fate [the power that predetermines events].
