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foreordain

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Etymology

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From Middle English for-orden; equivalent to fore- +‎ ordain; probably modeled on Latin praeordināre.

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Verb

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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, published 2010, page 308:
      God has made the decision before all time, so some are foreordained to be saved through grace – a predestined group of the elect.