preordainment
Destiny decided beforehand
Preordainment is the state of being determined or decreed in advance, especially by divine will or fate.
The word carries religious overtones—God's preordainment of events suggests nothing happens by chance.
In secular use, it describes any outcome that seems inevitable or fixed beforehand: There was a sense of preordainment about their meeting.
Divinely predetermined fate
- foreordinationPredetermined divine decree
- electionOrganized public voting
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- divine willGod's sovereign intention
omniscience · grace · salvation · providence · Calvinism · sovereignty · determinism · doctrine
Predetermined course of events
- kismetPreordained future outcome
- lotLarge amount or portion
- doomUnavoidable grim fate
- fortuneWealth or destiny
predetermination · fated · stars · karma · fatalism · determinism · inexorable · written
Total absence of doubt
- unavoidableImpossible to prevent
- inescapableImpossible to avoid
- predeterminedEstablished beforehand
- fixedRestored or immovable
unalterable · immutable · irrevocable · inexorable · foregone · settled · assured · guaranteed
Predicted future events
- prophesiedPredicted through divine insight
- foreseenPredicted before occurring
- auguryOmen interpretation practice
- omenProphetic indicator
portent · oracle · seer · divination · prescience · foreknowledge · vision · revelation
Deity's intended course
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- protectionGuarding against harm
- careAttentive regard for others
watchfulness · beneficence · oversight · guardianship · purpose · design · intention · will
predestination
Divinely predetermined fate
- foreordinationPredetermined divine decree
- electionOrganized public voting
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
divine will · omniscience · grace · salvation · providence · Calvinism · sovereignty · determinism · doctrine · dogma
destiny
Predetermined course of events
fortune · predetermination · fated · stars · karma · fatalism · determinism · inexorable · written · sealed
certainty
Total absence of doubt
- unavoidableImpossible to prevent
- inescapableImpossible to avoid
- predeterminedEstablished beforehand
fixed · unalterable · immutable · irrevocable · inexorable · foregone · settled · assured · guaranteed · unchangeable
foretold
Predicted future events
- prophesiedPredicted through divine insight
- foreseenPredicted before occurring
- auguryOmen interpretation practice
omen · portent · oracle · seer · divination · prescience · foreknowledge · vision · revelation · soothsayer
divine plan
Deity's intended course
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- protectionGuarding against harm
care · watchfulness · beneficence · oversight · guardianship · purpose · design · intention · will · arrangement
preordainmentfree will
Autonomous choice capacity
self-determination · autonomy · agency · volition · free choice
preordainmentcontingency
Uncertain possible event
indeterminacy · randomness · chance · uncertainty · unpredictability
order, coordinate, subordinate, ordain, ordinance, coordinator, ordination, preordain, preordained