The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Predetermination \Pre`de*ter`mi*na"tion\, n. [Cf. F.
   pr['e]d['e]termination.]
   The act of previous determination; a purpose formed
   beforehand; as, the predetermination of God's will.
   --Hammond.
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

predetermination
    n 1: (theology) being determined in advance; especially the
         doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has
         foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the
         final salvation of mankind) [syn: predestination,
         foreordination, preordination, predetermination]
    2: a mental determination or resolve in advance; an antecedent
       intention to do something; "he entered the argument with a
       predetermination to prove me wrong"
    3: the act of determining or ordaining in advance what is to
       take place