单词 | pre-ordinance |
释义 | pre-ordinancen. Now archaic and rare. Ordinance, rule, or design established in advance, esp. by divine will; previous design. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ 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 the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [noun] > a previous determination, limitation, or ordinance pre-ordinance1486 prefinition1582 1486 in J. Raine Vol. Eng. Misc. N. Counties Eng. (1890) 56 God so disposith of His preordinaunce. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer iii. f. ccclii If it were nat in mannes owne lyberte of fre wyl to do good or bad, but..by bonde of goddes preordynaunce. ?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) Pref. sig. A ij The skilfull in Architecture can applye the Stereometria..in preordinance and forecasting both of the charges, quantities and proportion of..any kinde of buyldings. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. i. 38 These couchings, and these lowly courtesies Might..turne pre-Ordinance, and first Decree Into the lane [read law] of Children. View more context for this quotation a1618 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) ii. iii. 352 As ordain'd for their Deliverance, And sent express by Heav'ns pre-ordinance. a1768 I. Ambrose Compl. Wks. 217/1 The preordinance of their torments, Prepared for the devil and his angels. a1790 T. Sheridan Compl. Dict. Eng. Lang. (ed. 3) II. Preordinance, antecedent decree, first decree. 1876 J. B. Warren Soldier of Fortune ii. iv. 159 I felt, by forecast and pre-ordinance Of the great God, one of the devil's goats, Who bleat the wrong side of the throne. 1906 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 27 330 Originally both are apotelestic, but Dr. Abbott sees a special note of preordinance in the ἵνα form. 2001 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 28 Oct. 26 Perhaps there is such a thing as preordinance after all. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1486 |
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