FOREORDINATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does foreordination mean? 

• FOREORDINATION (noun)
  The noun FOREORDINATION has 1 sense:

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)

  Familiarity information: FOREORDINATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOREORDINATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

foreordination; predestination; predetermination; preordination

Hypernyms ("foreordination" is a kind of...):

theological doctrine (the doctrine of a religious group)

Domain category:

divinity; theology (the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "foreordination"):

election (the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists))

Derivation:

foreordain (foreordain or determine beforehand)

foreordain (foreordain by divine will or decree)