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单词 foreordain
释义

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)

  1. (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.
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