foreordination
AmericanEtymology
Origin of foreordination
First recorded in 1620–30; fore- + ordination
Example Sentences
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The son of a Congregational minister who believed in predestination and foreordination, he himself began with an intention of entering the ministry; but, after two years' preparation, turned to the law and politics.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Power of God is held as supporting universal foreordination.
From The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election by Wallace, Robert
The same doctrine is held by the younger Hodge—that foreknowledge involves foreordination.
From The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election by Wallace, Robert
Origin and destiny did not trouble them; predestination and justification by faith were not even in their curriculum; foreordination and baptism were to them problems not to be taken seriously.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists by Hubbard, Elbert
The tenet of universal foreordination takes from us this “coigne of vantage,” and lands us in dynamic Pantheism.
From The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election by Wallace, Robert
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