Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Foreordination \Fore*or`di*na"tion\, n.
   Previous ordination or appointment; predetermination;
   predestination.

Source : WordNet®

foreordination
     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}, {preordination},
          {predetermination}]