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foreordination

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fore⋅or⋅di⋅na⋅tion

[fawr-awr-dn-ey-shuhn, fohr-]
–noun
1. previous ordination or appointment.
2. predestination.

Origin:
1620–30; fore- + ordination
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fore·or·dain   (fôr'ôr-dān', fōr'-)   
tr.v.   fore·or·dained, fore·or·dain·ing, fore·or·dains
To determine or appoint beforehand; predestine.
fore'or·dain'ment, fore·or'di·na'tion (-ôr'dn-ā'shən) n.
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