preordination 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; foreordination; predestination.

WordNet

Pre*or`di*na"tion noun
Etymology
Cf. F. préordination.
Definitions
  1. The act of foreordaining: previous determination. "The preordination of God." Bale.

Webster 1913