Associations to the word «Preordination»

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Wiktionary

PREORDINATION, noun. The state or process of things being preordained.
PREORDINATION, adjective. Before ordination.

Dictionary definition

PREORDINATION, noun. (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).

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke