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Synonyms of preordination

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Another word for preordination is fortune. Other synonyms of preordination are destiny, doom, portion, lot and kismet.

Synonyms and similar words for preordination

nounThe state or process of things being preordained.

  • destinyThat to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined or inevitable eventual state; a condition predestined by...
  • doomDestiny, especially terrible.
  • fatalityThat which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal event.
  • fate
  • foredoomA doom that is predicted; destiny.
  • foreordinationPrevious ordination or appointment; predetermination; predestination.
  • fortuneDestiny, especially favorable.
  • kismetFate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny.
  • lotThat which happens without human design or forethought.
  • orlayFate, destiny.
  • portionOne's fate; lot.
  • predestinationDestiny or fate.
  • qadarDivine intervention in the affairs of humans; fate, predestination.
  • wyrdFate, destiny, particularly in an Anglo-Saxon or Old Norse context.
  • chance archaicWhat befalls or happens to a person; their lot or fate.
  • destin obsolete
  • predestiny obsoletePredestination.
  • weird archaicFate; destiny; luck.

Meaning of preordination

  1. noun The state or process of things being preordained.
  2. adjective Before ordination.

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Questions about synonyms of preordination

What is another word for preordination?
Preordination has 18 synonyms on Word.ws, such as fortune, destiny, doom, portion, lot, kismet, fatality and wyrd.
What does preordination mean?
Preordination means the state or process of things being preordained.

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