foreordain

English edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌfɔːɹɔːˈdeɪn/

Verb edit

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, 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.