foreordination Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind)
    predetermination; preordination; predestination.

WordNet


Fore*or`di*na"tion noun
Definitions
  1. Previous ordination or appointment; predetermination; predestination.

Webster 1913