Hypertext Webster Gateway: "preordination"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Preordination \Pre*or`di*na"tion\, n. [Cf. F. pr['e]ordination.]
The act of foreordaining: previous determination. ``The
preordination of God.'' --Bale.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
preordination
n : (theology) the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin)
that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity
(including the final salvation of mankind) [syn: {predestination},
{foreordination}, {predetermination}]
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