foreordination
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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
Now, if our consciousness is only a dream, which this doctrine of foreordination makes it out to be, what are we all, in such a case, but mere simulacra, ghosts, shadows?
From The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election by Wallace, Robert
It may be used first in the general sense of foreordination.
From The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election by Wallace, Robert
Oliver Cromwell never believed more radically in the foreordination of all human actions than did he.
From The Raid of John Brown at Harper's Ferry as I Saw It by Leech, Rev. Samuel Vanderlip
Foreknowledge is simply God's antecedent knowledge of all events, which some hold to be entirely separable from his foreordination, while others hold foreordination to be inseparably involved in foreknowledge.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin
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