'Preordination' definitions:
Definition of 'preordination'
(from WordNet)
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) [syn: predestination, foreordination, preordination, predetermination]
Definition of 'Preordination'
From: GCIDE
- Preordination \Pre*or`di*na"tion\, n. [Cf. F. pr['e]ordination.] The act of foreordaining: previous determination. "The preordination of God." --Bale. [1913 Webster]