foreordination
foreordination · foreordinations
Previous ordination or appointmentPrevious ordination or appointment; predetermination; predestination.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Previous ordination or appointment; predetermination; predestination.
More definitions
- (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)
Origin
From fore- + ordination.From fore- + ordination.
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Forms
plural: foreordinations| Singular | foreordination |
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Synonyms
20 synonymsdestinyB2doomB2chanceA2fatalityC1fateB2fortuneA2lotA2portionB2weirdB1destinforedoomkismetorlaypredestination
Close in meaning
- (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):predestinationpreordinationpredetermination
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedforeordain
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable