† predestiˈnatian, a. (n.) Obs. rare.
[f. L. prædestināt-us, -a, -um (see predestinate v.) + -ian; so mod.F. prédestinatien (Littré).]
= predestinarian n. and a.
| 1630 Ussher Lett. (1686) 434 Predestinatians, which was but a Nickname that the Semi-Pelagians put upon the Followers of St. Augustine. 1685 Stillingfl. Orig. Brit. iv. 200 Objections..made by the Semipelagians, and not by any Predestinatian Hereticks at that time in Gaul. |