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the act of ordaining or destining beforehand; predestination
The sermon dwelt on the doctrine of divine foreordination.
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From foreordain (fore- 'beforehand' plus ordain, from Latin ordinare 'to arrange, appoint', from ordo 'order') plus -ation. It denotes the act of destining in advance, chiefly theological.
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