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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
destiny/ˈdestəni/

▶noun (pl. destinies) the events that will necessarily happen to a particular person in the future.

■ the hidden power believed to control this; fate.

– origin ME: from OFr. destinee, from L. destinata, fem. past part. of destinare ‘make firm, establish’.

'destiny' also found in these Oxford entries:

consort - dole - eschatology - influenza - kismet - lot - manifest destiny - portion - weird

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