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Noun: preordination
  1. (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)
    - predestination, foreordination, predetermination

Derived forms: preordinations

See also: preordain

Type of: theological doctrine