foreordination

[ fawr-awr-dn-ey-shuhn, fohr- ]

noun

1. previous ordination or appointment.
2. predestination.

Word History and Origins

Origin of foreordination¹

First recorded in 1620–30; fore- + ordination

Example Sentences

But who, in the end, can fly in the face of rabbinical foreordination?

From New York Times

Not one word about believing in the Trinity, or in foreordination or predestination.

From Project Gutenberg

They gave us predestination, foreordination and just enough "free will" to go to hell.

From Project Gutenberg

In Holland, after the people had suffered all the cruelties that Spain could inflict, they began to discuss as to foreordination and free will, and upon these questions destroyed each other.

From Project Gutenberg

The various explanations and definitions that have been given to foreordination, have already been noticed.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• circumstance
• future
• inevitability
• intention
• objective
• prospect