Obs. [f. FORE- pref. + ORDINANCE.] = FORE-ORDINATION.
1450–1530. Myrr. our Ladye, 181. Thow in thyne vnfaylynge fayrenesse, after the endelesse fore ordenaunce of god shuldest abyde vndepartably in his moste loued loue.
1587. Golding, De Mornay, xi. 151. By that forecast doest the things which other wights doe by nature, or rather which nature (that is to say the foreordinance of the Creator doeth for them,) the more whereof thou hast, the more also doest thou prouide aforehand.
