† foreordinancen.
Obsolete.
= foreordination n.
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the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > a decree of fate
ordinance1340
weirda1400
pre-ordinance1486
foreordinance1530
fore-purpose1551
ordainment1605
foreordination1620
fatality1763
the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > predestination
foresettinga1300
destiningc1300
ordainingc1350
ordinationc1450
pre-ordinance1486
destinacy1490
predestination?1503
pre-ordination1527
foreordinance1530
predefinition?1548
fore-appointing1589
destination1598
ordainment1605
foreordination1620
predeterminationa1628
fatalitya1631
destinating1633
predesignationa1641
foreordaining1667
preordainmenta1847
pre-appointment1850
pre-election1860
foreordainment1879
providentialism1927
1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 181 The endelesse fore ordenaunce of god.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xi. 173 Which nature (that is to say the foreordinance of the Creator dooth for them).
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