foreordain
Etymology
From Middle English for-orden; equivalent to fore- + ordain; probably modeled on Latin praeordināre.
verb
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(transitive) To predestine or preordain. God has made the decision before all time, so some are foreordained to be saved through grace – a predestined group of the elect. 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 308
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