foreordination

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The son of a Congregational minister who believed in predestination and foreordination, he himself began with an intention of entering the ministry; but, after two years' preparation, turned to the law and politics.

From Time Magazine Archive

Here was a foreordination as pointed as the index-finger of a guide-post.

From The Valiants of Virginia by Rives, Hallie Erminie

It may be used first in the general sense of foreordination.

From The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election by Wallace, Robert

What other man has come to earth with such appointment, clothed with the authority of such foreordination?

From Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern by Talmage, James Edward

But how can these words prove universal foreordination?

From The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election by Wallace, Robert