arranged, appointed, or determined beforehand.
Past participle of 'foreordinate,' combining 'fore-' with 'ordinated' from Latin 'ordinatus,' describing something prearranged.
The subtle difference between 'foreordained' and 'foreordinated' likely reflected medieval scholars' attempts to distinguish between divine decree and human preparation—precision that modern English abandoned.
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