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foreappointment

foreappointment noun: previous appointment; preordination.

Noun

foreappointment (uncountable)

  1. Previous appointment; preordination.
    • The kingdome of God is in nation that is to say: his foreappointment his purpose and workes of euery Angell and man […]1599, Henry Finch, The Sacred Doctrine of Divinitie, Gathered Out of the Worde of God: Togither with an Explication of the Lordes Prayer

Origin of foreappointment

From fore- + appointment.

Questions about foreappointment

What does foreappointment mean?
Foreappointment means previous appointment; preordination.
What part of speech is foreappointment?
Foreappointment is a noun.

Words near foreappointment in the dictionary

  1. foreanswering
  2. foreanswers
  3. foreappoint
  4. foreappointed
  5. foreappointing
  6. foreappointment
  7. foreappoints
  8. foreapprove
  9. foreapproved
  10. forearc
  11. forearcs

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