Dictionary

foreordain en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˌfɔːɹɔːˈdeɪn/ (UK)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (transitive) To predestine or preordain.
   • God has made the decision before all time, so some are foreordained to be saved through grace – a predestined group of the elect. 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 308:
   • What had Wyrd fore-ordained? Naegling blunted and this time broke into kindling. 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 46:

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foreordainer