n. The state or process of things being preordained.
adj. Before ordination.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act of foreordaining: previous determination.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act of preordaining; predetermination; foreordination.
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n. (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)
Word Usage
"But the shooting-brake conformation is so utterly right that it takes on the aspect of preordination."