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Definition: Preordination |
PreordinationNoun1. (theology) the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "preordination" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Synonyms: PreordinationSynonyms: foreordination (n), predestination (n), predetermination (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Necessity | Destiny, destination; fatality, fate, kismet, doom, foredoom, election, predestination; preordination, foreordination; lot fortune; fatalism; inevitableness; Adjective: spell. |
Predetermination | Noun: predestination, preordination, premeditation, predeliberation, predetermination; foregone conclusion, fait accompli; parti pris; resolve, propendency; intention; project; fate, foredoom, necessity. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "preordination"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | parapërgatitje (prearrangement), rregullim që përpara. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Vorherbestimmung (predestination, predetermination). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | προορισμόσ (bourn, destination, destiny, foreordination, predestination, purpose). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | eleve elrendelés (predestination), előre elrendelés. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eordinationpray предопределение (predestination, predetermination). (various references) preodrediti. (various references) förutbestämmelse. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "preordination": preordinations. (additional references) | |
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"Preordination" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: periodisation, precoordination. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "preordination" (pronounced 'Pre*or`di*na"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-i-i-n-n-o-o-p-r-r-t" | |
-2 letters: opinionated. | |
-3 letters: inordinate, ordination, peroration, pteranodon. | |
-4 letters: entropion, irridenta, nonrioter, operation, opinioned, perdition, portioned, predation, prenotion, preordain, pretorian, pronation, proration, rendition. | |
-5 letters: adoption, adroiter, anointed, anointer, anterior, antinode, antipode, antiporn, arointed, atropine, daintier, dipteran, dipteron, donation, droopier, endpoint, ideation, indentor, inerrant, interior, intrepid, iodation, iodinate, nonrated, noontide, operator, optioned, ordainer, ordinate, paintier, pardoner, parotoid. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-i-i-n-n-o-o-p-r-r-t" | |
+1 letter: preordinations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 72 65 6F 72 64 69 6E 61 74 69 6F 6E |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .-. . --- .-. -.. .. -. .- - .. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01110010 01100101 01101111 01110010 01100100 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P r e o r d i n a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0072 0065 006F 0072 0064 0069 006E 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50847181847075806786758180 |
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