Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: foreordination  for,or-du'ney-shun
  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)
    - predestination, preordination, predetermination

Derived forms: foreordinations

Type of: theological doctrine

Encyclopedia: Foreordination