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noun
Previous ordination or appointment; predetermination; predestination.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: destiny, doom, chance, destin, fatality, fate, foredoom, foreordination, fortune, kismet, lot, orlay, portion, predestination, predestiny, preordination, qadar, weird, wyrd
Antonyms: none provided
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)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: predestination, preordination, predetermination
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: theological doctrine
Narrower terms: election
History
From fore- + ordination.
