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pre-ordiˈnation Now rare.
[= late L. præordinātio (Hilary c 350), F. preordination (16th c. in Godef. Compl.), n. of action from L. præordināre to pre-ordain.]
The action of pre-ordaining, or settling beforehand, what is to take place; the condition of being pre-ordained; predestination.
1550Bale Image Both Ch. ii. xvi. Q j b, Yt ys..to be mynystred vnto them by the preordynacyon of God. 1582N.T. (Rhem.) Acts xiii. margin, They beleeued specially by Gods grace and preordination. 1678Marvell Def. J. Howe Wks. (Grosart) IV. 213 Many who grant prescience, deny preordination. a1779[see pre-operation n.]. 1948Mind LVII. 180 The well-worn antagonisms of the immanent and transcendent, of finite sinfulness and divine perfection and preordination, which centuries of theological brooding have failed to dissipate. |