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
And in this belief Mrs. Hill rested securely, but nevertheless did not fail to concoct several feminine artifices for the helping on of foreordination.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
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
Oliver Cromwell never believed more radically in the foreordination of all human actions than did he.
From The Raid of John Brown at Harper's Ferry as I Saw It by Leech, Rev. Samuel Vanderlip
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)
