Synonyms for foreordination
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Noun
1. Predestination
Definitions
- n. 1
Previous ordination or appointment; predetermination; predestination.
Forms
- Plural
- foreordinations → predestinations, preordinations, predeterminations, lots…
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Foreknowledge is simply God's antecedent knowledge of all events, which some hold to be entirely separable from his foreordination, while others hold foreordination to be inseparably involved in foreknowledge.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- predestination They adhere to the idea of predestination.
- destiny I acted to protect myself from a similar destiny.
- doom It seems to me that you only see doom and gloom.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| foreordination | steady | |
| predestination | rising | |
| predetermination | falling | |
| preordination | rising | |
| destiny | rising | |
| doom | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- lot1
- 4 letters
- doom1
- 7 letters
- destiny3
- 13 letters
- preordination
- 14 letters
- predestination5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (destiny3 = 3 syllables).