English Etymology From fore- + ordination. Noun foreordination (countable and uncountable, plural foreordinations) Previous ordination or appointment; predetermination; predestination. Synonyms: destiny, doom; see also Thesaurus:fate Related terms ordainorderordinalordinance, ordnanceordinaryordinateordinationordo With prefixescoordinate, coordinationforeordinationinsubordinationpostordinationpreordinationreordinationsubordinate, subordinationsubordinationsuperordination References “foreordination”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.