foreordain
English
Etymology
From Middle English for-orden; equivalent to fore- + ordain; probably modeled on Latin praeordināre.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌfɔːɹɔːˈdeɪn/
Verb
foreordain (third-person singular simple present foreordains, present participle foreordaining, simple past and past participle foreordained)
- (transitive) To predestine or preordain.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 308:
- God has made the decision before all time, so some are foreordained to be saved through grace – a predestined group of the elect.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 308: