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[syn: predestination, foreordination, preordination, predetermination]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Preordination \Pre*or`di*na"tion\, n. [Cf. F. pr['e]ordination.]
The act of foreordaining: previous determination. "The
preordination of God." --Bale.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
preordination
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]