foreknowledge
[ fawr-nol-ij, fohr-, fawr-nol-ij, fohr- ]
noun
knowledge of something before it exists or happens; prescience: Did you have any foreknowledge of the scheme?
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How to use foreknowledge in a sentence
On Chiara's pale face and in his eyes was the shadow of his own foreknowledge.
Space Prison | Tom GodwinI do not pretend to determine the controverted point of predestination, the foreknowledge and decrees of Providence.
An Essay upon Projects | Daniel DefoeClosely connected with these were predestination and grace, and then "fixed fate, free-will, foreknowledge absolute."
Beacon Lights of History, Volume V | John LordIt is even sought to reconcile the antinomy of freedom vs. God's foreknowledge.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy | Isaac HusikWe do not know of a real instance in which a man's decision tended to be contrary to God's foreknowledge of its outcome.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy | Isaac Husik
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