foreordination

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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

He substitutes permission for foreordination, and defines permission to mean simply not preventing.

From The Calvinistic Doctrine of Predestination Examined and Refuted by Hodgson, F. (Francis)

As a proof of universal foreordination, the passage proves nothing.

From The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election by Wallace, Robert

Here was a foreordination as pointed as the index-finger of a guide-post.

From The Valiants of Virginia by Rives, Hallie Erminie

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