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预定,预先注定命运

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Preordination \Pre*or`di*na"tion\, n. [Cf. F. pr['e]ordination.]
   The act of foreordaining: previous determination. ``The
   preordination of God.'' --Bale.

资料来源 : WordNet®

preordination
     n : (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) [syn: {predestination}, {foreordination},
          {predetermination}]