foreordinationn.
/ˌfɔːrɔːdᵻˈneɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌfɔrˌɔrdnˈeɪʃən/ Previous ordination or appointment, predestination; an instance of this.
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the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > a decree of fate
ordinance1340
weirda1400
pre-ordinance1486
foreordinance1530
fore-purpose1551
ordainment1605
foreordination1620
fatality1763
the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > predestination
foresettinga1300
destiningc1300
ordainingc1350
ordinationc1450
pre-ordinance1486
destinacy1490
predestination?1503
pre-ordination1527
foreordinance1530
predefinition?1548
fore-appointing1589
destination1598
ordainment1605
foreordination1620
predeterminationa1628
fatalitya1631
destinating1633
predesignationa1641
foreordaining1667
preordainmenta1847
pre-appointment1850
pre-election1860
foreordainment1879
providentialism1927
1620 Bp. J. Hall tr. Rotomagensis in Honor Married Clergie sig. Z4v Neither can His Will be frustrated..nor His fore-ordinations altered.
a1680 S. Charnock Several Disc. Existence of God (1682) 183 A fore-ordination of him [sc. Christ] was before the foundation of the world.
1855 F. P. Cobbe Ess. Intuitive Morals I. 108 If Fore-ordination be reduced to Ordination.
1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. vi. xxii. 427 In accordance with..Divine fore-ordination.
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