preordination

/priˌɔrdnˈeɪʃən/
noun
  1. The belief or doctrine that everything that happens has been decided or planned in advance by God or fate.
    • The concept of preordination is central to some religious traditions.
    • He believed in preordination, thinking that his life path was already set.
    • The debate about free will versus preordination has gone on for centuries.
  2. The act of deciding or arranging something in advance.
    • The committee handled the preordination of tasks before the project began.
    • There was a sense of preordination in how the two friends met again after many years.
    • The preordination of the event's schedule helped everything run smoothly.
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