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ˌforeordiˈnation
[f. prec.: see -ation.]
Previous ordination or appointment, predestination; an instance of this.
1628Bp. Hall tr. Rotomagensis Anon. Wks. 815 Neither can His will be frustrated..nor His fore-ordinations altered. a1680Charnock Attrib. Gosp. (1834) I. 346 A fore-ordination of him [Christ] was before the foundation of the world. 1855Ess. Intuit. Morals 108 If Fore-ordination be reduced to Ordination. 1879Farrar St. Paul I. 427 In accordance with..Divine fore-ordination. |