foreordination

Meanings

Plural: foreordinations

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)
• Previous ordination or appointment; predetermination; predestination.

Synonyms

chance, destin, destiny, doom, fatality, fate, foredoom, foreordination, fortune, kismet, lot, orlay, portion, predestination, predestiny, predetermination, preordination, qadar, weird, wyrd

Related Words

coordinate, coordination, insubordination, ordain, order, ordinal, ordinance, ordinary, ordinate, ordination, ordnance, ordo, postordination, preordination, reordination, subordinate, subordination, superordination