| NOUN | cognition | foreordination, predestination, preordination, predetermination | (theology) being determined in advance |
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| Meaning | (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind). | |
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| Synonyms | predestination, preordination, predetermination | |
| Category | theology, divinity | The rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth |
| Narrower | election | The predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists) |
| Broader | theological doctrine | The doctrine of a religious group |
| Spanish | predestinación, predeterminación | |
| Catalan | predestinació, predeterminació | |
| Verbs | foreordain | foreordain or determine beforehand |
| foreordain | foreordain by divine will or decree | |
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