Foreordain

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ËŒfɔːɹɔːˈdeɪn/

Origin

From - + ordain.

Full definition of foreordain

Verb

1. (transitive) To predestine or preordain.
• 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 308:God has made the decision before all time, so some are foreordained to be saved through grace – a predestined group of the elect.