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)

In the third place, we object to universal foreordination because it destroys all moral distinctions.

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

Now, if our consciousness is only a dream, which this doctrine of foreordination makes it out to be, what are we all, in such a case, but mere simulacra, ghosts, shadows?

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

To bring the passage forward on behalf of universal foreordination is to assume the point in debate, and it is therefore inadmissible.

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