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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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]


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]