Noun: foreordination for,or-du'ney-shun
- (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)
"The concept of foreordination is central to Calvinist theology";
- predestination, preordination, predetermination
Derived forms: foreordinations
Type of: theological doctrine
Encyclopedia: Foreordination